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The German Defense Ministry said in a letter to a lawmaker that the Eurofighter is the preferred choice to replace the Tornado fighter-bomber.
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Tim Felce [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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TASS reports that the two Tu-95MS bombers that landed in Indonesia have return back to their base in the Amur region on Dec. 9. The return trip was 10 hours-long and the bombers were refueled in mid-air over the Sea of Okhotsk by Il-78 tankers.
A South African Air Force (SAAF) Oryx helicopter crash-landed along the N1 highway near the Huguenot Tunnel on Dec. 10.
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Photo: City of Cape Town
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Qatar has signed a contract to buy 24 Eurofighters. The agreement was signed by the Qatar and British governments in Doha on Dec. 10.
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Photo: Royal Air Force
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An airport in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska is playing host to the Embraer KC-390 as the medium-size, twin-engine military transport is there for cross-wind landing testing.
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