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Two Qantas A330s to be converted to KC-30 for RAAF

Posted on July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 by alert5

The two new KC-30s ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force will not be new aircraft, instead two A330s from Qantas will be converted.

Qantas A330-300 VH-QPI SIN 2012-4-1
By Paul Spijkers [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

USAF on track to award long-range strike bomber contract in August

Posted on July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force is on track to pick a contractor to build the long-range strike bomber in August, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said.


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Indian Navy ready to exercise option for 4 more P-8Is

Posted on July 9, 2015 by alert5

The Indian Navy has decided to exercise the option for four more Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft and soon submit the proposal for approval.

Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy
Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons

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F-16IQs will be based in Iraq, U.S. Embassy says

Posted on July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has refuted a news report that said Iraq’s F-16s will be based in Jordan.

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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Is DCNS trying to sell Russia’s Mistral ships to Canada?

Posted on July 9, 2015 by alert5

French newsletter Intelligence Online says shipbuilder DCNS has activated lobbyists in Canada in order to sell to Ottawa the Mistral-class ships that Russia ordered.

Владивосток - Saint-Nazaire décembre 2014
By Ludovic Péron (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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