Aviation News
The outgoing Obama administration has cleared the sale of 32 F/A-18Es and 8 F/A-18Fs to Kuwait. Filed inside Transmittal No: 16-21 is the request for eight conformal fuel tanks as well.
By U.S. Navy photo by Midshipman John Ivancic [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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