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China says its J-15 carrier-borne fighters flew over South China Sea for the first time on Jan. 2, one week after the carrier and her escorts rounded Taiwan and docked in Hainan.
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A Fairchild C-119B, #48-0352, was supposed to be turned into scrap metal but the Air Mobility Command Museum managed to rescue it in time at Edwards Air Force Base.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Cacicia
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Japan’s defense industry has thrown its hat into New Zealand’s transport and maritime patrol aircraft competition by offering the Kawasaki P-1 and C-2 to Wellington.
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By 防衛装備庁（ATLA） [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The long-term plan of the Russian Navy is to induct ship-based unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Russian naval aviation chief, Maj. Gen. Igor Kozhin, said.
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Автор Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (Russian Navy, Kamov, Ka-52K) [CC BY-SA 2.0], undefined
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Four Dutch F-16s have arrived at Lithuania’s Siauliai airbase where they will assume the NATO Baltic Air Policing duties from the French Air Force on Jan. 5.
Photo: Lithuania Defense Ministry
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