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The latest cost estimate for upgrading Taiwan’s F-16A/B fleet is $4.31 billion, $651 million more than the original estimate.
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Turkish Air Force F-16C/Ds and supporting C-130s arrived in Azerbaijan on Sept. 16 to participate in the joint TurAz Qartalı-2017 air exercise.
Magomed Tolboyev, the test pilot for Soviet Buran space shuttle, said he had been in contact with the late Lt. Col. Eric Schultz a month ago.
Photo: Lockheed Martin
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If the U.S. Air Force eventually decides to re-engine its B-52 bomber fleet, Rolls Royce will pitch its BR725 turbofan to the service.
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The Saudi Press Agency announced that one of the country’s military aircraft crashed in Yemen at around 1930 on Sept. 13.
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