Aviation News
Taiwan’s United Daily News reported that a U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk was flying high above the Pacific Ocean, monitoring a flight of Chinese warplanes circumnavigating off Taiwan on Dec. 10.
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South Korea says it has completed the upgrade of 35 F-16 Block 32 fighters that was started back in October 2013.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jack Braden (U.S. Air Force website photo 071114-F-1851B-211) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy has lifted an operational pause imposed on its Super Hornet and Growler fleet following an accident in Whidbey Island on Dec. 16.
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A Russian Air Force Il-18 has crash landed in Siberia’s Yakutia today. All 39 people – 32 passengers and 7 crew members – survived the crash.
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Three more F-16s are expected to arrive in Romania on Dec. 22. This brings the number of aircraft in the country to nine.
By VictorCozmei (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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