Aviation News
ATAC CEO Jeffrey Parker confirmed to Flight Global that the firm has acquired 63 Dassault Mirage F1s and the jets will be upgraded to compete in an upcoming U.S. Air Force competition for “red air” training.
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A military drill in western Russia went awry when a Ka-52 attack helicopter fired a rocket on two vehicles, injuring spectators in the process.
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Boeing has selected Lockheed Martin’s Legion Pod as the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C fleet.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Two of the twelve Su-30Ks ordered by Angola has been delivered to the country, a company official from the 558 Aviation Repair Plant in Belarus disclosed.
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Media outlets in South Korea are reporting that the Pentagon will dispatch the F-35A to Asia Pacific for the first time and the conventional takeoff and landing variant will join the F-22 at Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition, or Seoul ADEX.
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