Aviation News
Israeli media outlets are reporting that the sale of surplus F-16s to Croatia has failed to get clearance from the United States and senior officials will travel to Central Europe this week to inform the Croatian Ministry of Defense.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Osberry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Kosmos 2430, a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite, deorbit on Jan. 5 over North island of New Zealand.
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501st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Japan’s sole tactical reconnaissance squadron, will give up its RF-4Es by end of fiscal year 2019, Yomiuri Shimbun reports.
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航空自衛隊 [GJSTUv1], via Wikimedia Commons
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A plan by the Russian Ministry of Defense to close the Central Air Force Museum in Monino has been leaked online.
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English: Aleksandr MarkinРусский: Александр Маркин [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
NATO has given Antonov a three year contract to lease two AN-124-100 cargo planes under the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) program.
Darren Koch [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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