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The U.S. Marine Corps has lifted the order to ground AV-8Bs in Japan following a crash on Sept. 22.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Robertson; The original uploader was Looper5920 at English Wikipedia, 2007-04-07 (original upload date) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Thai Air Force plans to expand its fleet of H225M search-and-rescue helicopters from six to eight aircraft with the latest announcement from Airbus Helicopters of an order for two rotor-craft.
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Photo: Royal Thai Air Force
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Taiwan authorities were forced to close Chiayi airport for three hours on the morning of Oct. 5 after a F-16B nearly veered off the runway while landing.
By Toshiro Aoki (http://jp-spotters.com/7590LL.html) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Canadian Air Force will request $500 million from the government in order to fund the upgrade of avionics on its CF-18 fleet.
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By John Davies – CYOW Airport Watch [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan had planned to shoot down its indigenous Sky Bow II interceptor with the American Patriot air defense system on Oct. 5 but the countdown was aborted after a China Coast Guard vessel was found lurking nearby.
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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