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The initial operational capability (IOC) date of the CH-53K won’t occur this December, a report from the office of Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) suggests.
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Russia’s business daily Kommersant says four Su-30SM fighters have been sold to Armenia and Moscow quoted the prices at domestic rate instead of export prices.
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Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Germany has further shortlisted the Eurofighter and the F/A-18 as potential candidates to replace its Tornado fighter-bomber, sources told Reuters.
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The U.S. Air Force will pay Boeing to redesign the boom on the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker.
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the Irkutsk aviation plant on Jan. 30 and he had a closeup look at a modernized Su-30SM.
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