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After a hiatus of eight-years, the Spanish Air Force was back at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada last month for Exercise Red Flag 16-4. Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum from 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs did an interview with the Hornet pilots to gather feedback on their experience this round.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum
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Bonny Lin, Cristina L. Garafola from RAND have written this report on China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) surface-to-air missile (SAM) unit training.
By Max Smith (Own work (Own photo)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Irkut has rolled out the first Yak-152 prototype and the aircraft is said to be making its maiden flight this month.
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Photo: Facebook of Valeriy Borz
Russian Su-25 attack jets assigned to the Southern Military District carried out austere runway operations near the village of Srednyaya Akhtuba on Aug. 31.
Prosecutors in Ankara have released information on the two Turkish F-16s that bombed the Ankara police headquarters during the coup.
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By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (General Dynamics F-16C ’94-0093′) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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