Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was reunited with the FIM-43 Redeye missile at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Jan 15.
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Category: Heritage
Photos: Taiwan’s retired Presidential jet now on display
AIDC handed over a Boeing 727 to the RoCAF at Ching Chuan Kang airbase on Jan. 13 for public display. The jet served as a Presidential aircraft in the 1980s.
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MiG-21UM being restored for flight in Perth
A former Egyptian Air Force MiG-21UM is being restored back to flying condition in Perth, Australia.
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Book Review: Beyond the Horizon: The History of AEW&C Aircraft
Harpia Publishing has published a new book covering the rare subject on airborne early warning aircraft from around the world.
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Wreckage of Halifax bomber found in Norwegian fjord
A Handley Page Halifax that was lost during a raid to sink Tirpitz 72 years ago has been rediscovered by university students.