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At the recent steering committee meeting of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program, it was disclosed that the Romania will likely join the training program at Sheppard Air Force Base before the next committee meeting in September.
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Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov disclosed that a program to modernize the Su-34 fighter bomber will commence next year.
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During a recent Weapons Systems Evaluation Program (WSEP) at Tyndall Air Force Base, four F-15Cs from the 104th Fighter Wing flew a joint mission with four F-22s against 14 ‘enemy’ aircraft. The kill ratio for that mission was 41:1.
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Over at Edwards Air Force Base, the 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force used a quadcopter to conduct a maintenance inspection of the exterior of a C-17 on Mar. 6.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit
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Speaking to Jane’s on Mar. 9, the Portuguese Ministry of National Defence (MoND) said the Embraer KC-390 is being considered as adequate to progressively replace the country’s C-130.
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