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The Royal Australian Navy’s new MH-60R naval helicopter has been activated for its first search-and-rescue mission on Aug. 14, the service recently announced.
By U.S. Navy photo by Kaylee LaRocque (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=167335) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Zambian Air Force brought two of its new Chinese L-15 advanced jet trainers to the Africa Aerospace and Defense airshow in South Africa. One of the jets is flying at the show with a Chinese pilot at the controls.
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An anonymous source told RBTH that Russian Navy MiG-29Ks heading to Syria may use the opportunity to test out the Kh-38 air-to-surface missile.
By Allocer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Pentagon has awarded AMI Industries Inc. a $14 million contract to update the Advanced Conception Ejection Seat (ACES) II ejection seat installed on the B-2 stealth bomber.
By Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Governor of Khabarovsk Territory Vyacheslav Shport revealed that China will be taking delivery of four Su-35 fighters from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) this year.
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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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