USS Wasp has completed its 28,400-mile journey from Norfolk to arrive in Japan on Jan. 14 as the next forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in 7th Fleet.
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Iranian Su-24 returns to service
Iran has managed to restore a Su-24 fighter-bomber back to service after many years of grounding at Shiraz air base.
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Il-78M-90A tanker trials to finish by end of year or early 2019
Ilyushin Bureau’s Chief Designer Nikolai Talikov said in an interview with TASS that his firm will complete testing of the new modernized Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker by end of this year or early next year.
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Airbus ordered to pay $126 million to Taiwan
Airbus acknowledged on Jan. 13 that its subsidiary Matra Défense S.A.S. has been ordered to pay an arbitral award of $126 million to Taiwan for breach of contract in the supply of missiles to the island.
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Belgium’s NH90 NFHs have defective radars
Belgium’s Air Force has disclosed that three of the four NH90 NFH naval helicopters have defective radars that need to be fixed.
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