Reuters is reporting that the manufacturer of the F-35 stealth fighter is in final stages of negotiations to sell 440 jets to 11 nations.
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Category: Air Force
Syrian Su-22 shot down by F/A-18E
Boeing’s Super Hornet has scored its first air-to-air kill when a Syrian Su-22 was shot down by a U.S. Navy F/A-18E on Jun. 18.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Exercise MAPLE FLAG 50
Exercise MAPLE FLAG 50 is taking place at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta from May 29 to Jun. 23. Foreign participants this year are F-16s from RSAF and USAF, one A400M from FAF and E-3s from FAF and USAF.
Operation REASSURANCE air task force concludes mission in Iceland
The six CF-18s from the Royal Canadian Air Force have concluded their NATO mission in Iceland on Jun. 16.
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Photo: Corporal Gary Calvé. Imagery Technician ATF-ICELAND
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Serbia’s new batch of MiG-29s could arrive home on Jun. 28
Serbia could see a new batch of MiG-29 fighters landing in the country on Jun. 28 as Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic hinted that the jets will be in service “very, very soon.”
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_0637) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons