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Indonesia, Russia haggling over price for 9-10 Su-35s

Posted on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 by alert5

An official from Indonesia told Reuters that Jakarta is haggling over the prices for 9 to 10 Su-35s with Moscow.

By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Sukhoi Su-35S) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force, Navy in joint exercise to protect Ike CSG from aerial threats

Posted on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 by alert5

Two F-22s and two tankers from the U.S. Air Force join 13 warplanes from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG) on Oct. 25 for a joint air defense exercise (ADEX) in the Arabian Gulf.

By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC3 J. Alexander Delgado/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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German Tornados forced to make emergency landing in Iraq

Posted on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 by alert5

A pair of Luftwaffe Tornado ECRs was forced to make an emergency landing in Erbil, Iraq after one of the jets failed to refuel in mid-air and ran low on fuel.

Photo: Bundeswehr/Bienert
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