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Arie Egozi from Flight Global reports that Israel wants its new F-15s to carry more missiles and this could be the 2040 configuration that Boeing was touting last year.
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Graphic: Boeing
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The Pentagon has clarified why it had delayed the deployment of the CV-22 to Japan. Spokesman Gary Ross said the Air Force currently has insufficient number of skilled operations and maintenance personnel to make the move happen.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Wichita Eagle was told by Textron Aviation that its Scorpion jet will not be competing in the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition and instead the company plans to focus its attention on the potential OA-X program.
Photo: Textron AirLand
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The Indonesian Air Force will stop flying its F-16A/B fighters based at Roesmin Nurjadin airbase after a twin-seater skidded off runway and overturned on Mar. 14.
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Photo: TNI AU
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Northrop Grumman says Denmark has placed an order for more LITENING advanced targeting pods for its F-16 fleet. Denmark is the first international operator of the LITENING G4 pod and it was first delivered back in 2013.
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Photo credit: Capt. Thomas Kristensen, RDAF.