Aviation News
News outlets from Nigeria reported that the country is planning to phase out its Chinese-made CH-3 unmanned aerial vehicles and substitute them with the Yabhon Flash-20 made by UAE’s ADCOM Systems.
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South Korea has decided that it will arm the first batch of Incheon-class frigates with the supersonic Haeseong II ship-to-surface cruise missile.
By Mponguta (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Iran took its locally-developed Bavar-373 air defense system out to display at the National Defense Industry Day on Aug. 21.
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The Swedish Air Force dispatched its Gripen fighters to escort an airliner carrying members of the Swedish Olympic team home from Rio, Brazil on Aug. 21.
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The Israeli Air Force has changed the way it extracts aircrew from water scenarios after taking into account lessons learned in the crash of a F-16D in 2013.
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