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Boeing issues statement saying it “respects” Canada’s decision to buy F/A-18 from RAAF

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Boeing issued a statement on Dec. 8 regarding media reports saying Canada has decided to buy used F/A-18s from the Royal Australian Air Force.

RAAF Hornet Zhu-7
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Japan’s Defense Ministry request to buy JSM; research on integrating LRSAM

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Japan Defense Ministry has officially requested on Dec. 8 for additional funds in the fiscal 2018 budget in order to buy long-range cruise missiles.

Joint Strike Missile Mockup at JA2016
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F-22 damaged during touch-and-go nearing end of six-year repair job

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A F-22, # 02-4037, was badly damaged when it failed to lift off during a touch-and-go at Tyndall Air Force base in 2012. The jet will soon be servicable again next March after a six-year repair job.

Raptor F-22 27th
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U.S. Air Force completes delivery of 24 F-16s to Indonesia

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The U.S. Air Force announced on Dec. 6 that the Ogden Air Logistics Complex has completed regeneration work on the last six F-16C Block 25s for Indonesia.

Lt. Col. Beau “Strap” Wilkins, 514th Flight Test Squadron F-16 test pilot, makes a high speed pass in an Indonesian F-16C Fighting Falcon at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on Nov. 21 during a functional check flight on the aircraft. This is the 24th F-16 to receive a complete refurbishment at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex as part of a foreign military sales contract with the Indonesian government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)
Lt. Col. Beau “Strap” Wilkins, 514th Flight Test Squadron F-16 test pilot, makes a high speed pass in an Indonesian F-16C Fighting Falcon at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on Nov. 21 during a functional check flight on the aircraft. This is the 24th F-16 to receive a complete refurbishment at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex as part of a foreign military sales contract with the Indonesian government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

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