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Ivan Mikoyan, nephew of Artem Mikoyan and co-designer of the MiG-29, has passed away on Nov. 25 at the age of 89.
By Camera Operator: TSGT MICHAEL AMMONS, USAF (ID: DFSD0507684) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Iran’s Defense Ministry says Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan was quoted wrongly by news agencies and Tehran has no plan to buy the Su-30 from Russia.
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told reporters that the country is keen to buy the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter as part of the modernization program of the Iranian Air Force.
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At IDEAS 2016, Turkey and Pakistan signed an agreement to supply 52 Super Mushshak basic trainers for the Turkish military.
By Sergey Ryabtsev [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab’s Gripen E fighter is not expected to make its maiden flight this year as the aerospace company has elected to qualify the aircraft’s distributed integrated modular avionics (DIMA) design to commercial standards before any test flights.