Aviation News
Turkish Aerospace Industries has delivered the 308th and final F-16 to Turkey on Dec. 12. TAI and Lockheed Martin launched the Turkish F-16 program in 1984.
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The Neuron UCAV has made its first flight in French Istres on Dec. 1.
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Worried that the U.S. defense industry could lose the capacity to generate new designs for military helicopters, the Pentagon said it may fund initial work on a new military helicopter in a year or two.
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The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has shot down it’s first air-breathing target at White Sands Missile Range.
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