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The U.S. Air Force announced on Aug. 4 that it had ordered two commercial 747-8 aircraft for future modifications into Air Force One.
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Air France has confirmed to France 24 that it is expanding its “non-flyover area around North Korea” after one of its Boeing 777 airline came within 100 km from the splashdown point of a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan on Jul. 28.
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A Foreign Military Sale package of 12 A-29s to Nigeria worth $593 million has been cleared by the U.S. State Department on Aug. 3.
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The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has cleared five C-5M strategic transports assigned to Dover Air Force Base to resume flying on Aug. 2.
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Lockheed Martin has now disclosed that the VH-92A presidential helicopter has made its maiden flight on Jul. 28. The flight took place at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut.
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