France will mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I on Bastille Day tomorrow and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and F-22s will be participating at the flyover, right behind Patrouille de France.
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Category: Air Force
Thai PM defends T-50TH deal
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been forced to defend a deal to buy eight more KAI T-50TH advanced jet trainers from South Korea.
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By Korea Aerospace Industries (T-50 Golden Eagle Demo flight) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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India to participate in Exercise Blue Flag in Israel
This year’s iteration of Exercise Blue Flag at Uvda Air Base, Israel will see a contingent from the Indian Air Force participating for the first time.
Photo: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
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RCAF to forge flying wings using aluminum from wreckage of Halifax bomber
A Halifax bomber LW682 was shot down on May 13, 1944 in Belgium, the wreckage was recovered in 1997 and the Royal Canadian Air Force has decided to use eight ingots of aluminum that had been cast from the melted down aircraft for “full wing” flying badges.
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Photo: RCAF
“It’s my intent . . . to use some of this metal from the 426 Halifax and put it in the new wings we’re creating for the Royal Canadian Air Force,” commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lieutenant-General Mike Hood said.
Bangladesh Air Force Yak-130 crashes
The Bangladesh Air Force lost a Yak-130 advanced jet trainer on Jul. 10. The Inter Services Public Relation Directorate said both pilots ejected safely.
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