Aviation News
Iran has managed to restore a Su-24 fighter-bomber back to service after many years of grounding at Shiraz air base.
By Shahram Sharifi (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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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 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.
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (NH Industries NH90-NFH ‘RN-02’) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A report by Thai PBS says the two T-50THs being delivered to Thailand this week have been grounded for checks after they went into turbulent weather during the ferry flight across South China Sea.
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