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The Wichita Eagle was told by Textron Aviation that its Scorpion jet will not be competing in the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition and instead the company plans to focus its attention on the potential OA-X program.
Photo: Textron AirLand
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The Indonesian Air Force will stop flying its F-16A/B fighters based at Roesmin Nurjadin airbase after a twin-seater skidded off runway and overturned on Mar. 14.
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Photo: TNI AU
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MBDA announced that the company’s Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) has been successfully fired from the Lockheed Martin F-35.
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Photo: MBDA
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Northrop Grumman says Denmark has placed an order for more LITENING advanced targeting pods for its F-16 fleet. Denmark is the first international operator of the LITENING G4 pod and it was first delivered back in 2013.
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Photo credit: Capt. Thomas Kristensen, RDAF.
A large scale air defense exercise is being held in Siberia’s Republic of Buryatia and a press release says around 500 surface-to-air missiles will be fired against 250 targets and two cruise missiles.
By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://www.vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/600) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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