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Denmark will send F-16s to Zokniai air base in Lithuania on Jan. 5 as it takes over the NATO Air Policing mission from the U.S. F-15 contingent there.
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Greece lost a T-2 jet trainer on Jan. 3 when the aircraft came down shortly after taking off from Kalamata air force base.
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Six Dutch F-16s left Volkel Air Base on Jan. 3 for an air base in Jordan to relief the Belgian F-16 contingent fighting ISIS there.
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The Indian government has launched a tender to buy 61 sets of anti-aircraft gun systems for its military. The contract is said to worth $1.5 billion.
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A Indian Navy MiG-29K veered off the runway today while taking off at Gao. The pilot, under training, ejected safely and the jet caught fire.