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The Republic of China Air Force issued a press statement on May 14 saying that a Chinese Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft was operating on the west side of the Taiwan Strait in the morning.
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The U.S. government handed over two Cessa C208s Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to the Cameroon government on May 11.
A video posted by DARPA on May 11 shows how Dynetics is recovering its Gremlin drone into a C-130.
The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has rejected the Trump administration’s request to buy two aircraft to replace the problematic OC-135.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (OC-135B) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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In an interview with Chinese-language Liberty Times, Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense Yen De-fa said the country is still negotiating with the United States to buy the F-35.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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