Indonesia is said to be refusing to take delivery of a AW101 helicopter that is already in the country.
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India, Russia will sign FGFA agreement this year
India is said to have ironed out issues on the development of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with Russia and an agreement to finalize the deal is expected to be signed this year.
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Taiwan says Liaoning will eventually sail out to second island chain
Taiwan’s Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan said China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning will eventually venture out to the second island chain in the Pacific Ocean.
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X-37B has landed, this time in Florida
While the world was fixated over the French election, the X-37B fired its thrusters to deorbit and land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7.
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USAF’s first enlisted pilots since WW2
Three airmen completed undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training on May 5 and made history by becoming the first group of enlisted men to serve as pilots in the U.S. Air Force since World War 2.
U.S. Air Force illustration/Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young