JPATS’s 16-year production run to end in nine months

After churning out more than 900 T-6 Texan IIs for the U.S. Air Force and Navy, Beechcraft will deliver the last aircraft under the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) in nine months.

USN T-6 Texan II (2782456695)
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Modi told IAF no additional Rafales, to go buy Tejas instead

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected calls by the Indian Air Force to buy an additional 44 Rafale fighters. Instead the service should buy more Tejas-Mark 1A fighters to satisfy its requirements for replacing the MiG-21.

Tejas Aero India 2013
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