Aviation News
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on the potential sale of 72 Boeing F-15QAs to Qatar.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Debbie Hernandez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Remember the FrankenHornet from the Finnish Air Force? Well, the Israeli Air Force has carried out its own Frankenstein conversion of a F-15 Eagle.
The U.S. Air Force has decided to relocate 45 F-16s, two squadrons, from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Holloman Air Force, New Mexico.
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By US Air Force from USA (Maintenance before flight) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Latest satellite images obtained by Center for Strategic and International Studies revealed extensive construction on Spratly Island – occupied by Vietnam – in the South China Sea.
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Continue reading “Vietnam upgrading its airstrip in South China Sea too”
A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 had a minor accident at Lethbridge Airport recently, the cargo jet’s wing tip clipped the airport’s terminal building as it taxied in to park.
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By Alan Lebeda [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “CC-177 had clipped Lethbridge Airport’s terminal building”
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