Aviation News
Saudi Arabia lost a warplane in Yemen on Jan. 7 and two pilots on board were safely recovered and brought back to the country.
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By Steven Byles from Singapore, Singapore (RSAF Tornado) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Nikkei has identified shortfalls in the funding of military aviation projects in Japan’s current five-year defense program which ends this year.
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By 航空自衛隊 [GJSTUv1], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Mainichi reported on Jan. 6 that a proposal to convert the JS Izumo helicopter destroyer into a carrier capable of operating fixed-wing fighters is being circulated within the Defense Ministry.
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Khmeimim air base in Syria came under attack from drones on Jan. 6 and the Ahrar al-Alawite rebel group claims that the attack had destroyed the S-400 air defense missile system.
During a tour of Semarang base, the head of Indonesia’s Army Aviation center, Maj. Gen. Besar Harto Karyawan, said the newly-delivered AH-64s will be operated by 11 Squadron.
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