Aviation News
The U.S. Air Force has decided to let Boeing decide which infrared search and track (IRST) senor will be installed as part of the upgrade program for the F-15C/D air superiority fighter.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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An official from Radio-Electronic Technology Concern (KRET) disclosed that the Su-35 fighters bought by China will not have their display readout translated into Mandarin and will stick to the original Cyrillic script.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Sukhoi Su-35S) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Izvestia reported on Oct. 9 that Moscow intends to establish an airbase in the Egyptian town of Sidi Barrani by 2019. This was quickly denied by Cairo.
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The PLA says it deployed J-11Bs from a regiment in the north of the country to the south to test the unit’s ability to adapt to a different environment.
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The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mason was targeted and attacked with two missiles while the warship was underway off the coast of Yemen.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Katrina Parker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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