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Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan told lawmakers on Nov. 9 that Taipei will ask Tokyo for help in the search for the pilot of a Mirage 2000 that went missing on Nov. 7.
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Draken International announced on Nov. 27 that it has acquired 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighters from Spain.
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Vice Adm Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, has warned Congress that he only have 170 Super Hornets that are fully mission capable and can fight a war.
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The Swiss government has decided that it will not spend more than $8 billion to buy new fighter aircraft and ground-based air defense systems.
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According to ThePrint, India failed to send a formal “Letter of Acceptance” to buy the last available Boeing C-17 last month.
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