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Royal Malaysian Air Force Chief Gen. Affendi Buang was in Labuan, East Malaysia to mark the service’s 59th anniversary and he told the local reporters that a technical team has been formed to evaluate the feasibility of operating second-hand P-3s from the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF).
海上自衛隊 [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Flight Global has disclosed that Pakistan is the undisclosed customer cited by Saab in a press release on May 15 for a airborne early warning & control contract.
By Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Pakistan getting three more Saab 2000 AEW aircraft”
The Republic of China Air Force 499th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hsinchu Air Base is celebrating 20 years of Mirage 2000-5 operations with a special tail art.
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Photo: Cheng Hao / Youth Daily News
Two Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilots have graduated from the F-35 training program at Luke Air Force Base on May 20.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.
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The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a $243.9 million contract to Northrop Grumman for 72 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars.
U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka
Continue reading “USAF orders 72 AESA radars for its F-16s”