Aviation News
The annual Shaheen joint air exercise between China and Pakistan is taking place this month and the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) is sending aircraft to participate as well.
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The Trump administration has given Bahrain the clearance to buy 19 new Lockheed Martin F-16Vs for around $2.785 billion.
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Photo: RBAF
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A H145M twin-engine light utility helicopter equipped with the HForce modular weapon system has flown in August, Airbus has now disclosed.
Photo: Airbus
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A $38 million cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to Raytheon on Sept. 6. The company will have to provide an incremental software solution for the AIM-120D “to improve its performance against rapidly advancing threats.”
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Photo: @vx51
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The U.S. Air Force has retired its last C-5A, #70-0461, with the mammoth jet heading to its final resting place at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Sept. 7.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith
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