Qatar has placed a follow-on order for 12 additional Rafale fighters from Dassault during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Doha on Dec. 7.
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Category: Air Force
Three RC-135S Cobra Balls were airborne during launch of Hwasong-15
The Omaha World-Herald reports that three RC-135S Cobra Ball spy planes were airborne during the time North Korea test-fired the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile.
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MQ-9 to be armed with SDB
General Atomics has been awarded a $17 million contract to integrate the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) onto the MQ-9 Reaper.
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B-roll of Kunsan F-16s, Hill F-35s over South Korea
Canada to announce plan to buy second-hand Hornets from Australia; scraps Super Hornet initiative
Reuters is reporting that Canada will announce next week of its intention to buy second-hand Hornets from Australia and give up plans to buy the Super Hornet from Boeing.
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