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Chinese state media reported on Aug. 6 that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force had carried out a large-scale air exercise to South China Sea. Among the official photos released is one showing the Su-30MKK doing a mid-air refueling. This is the first official confirmation that the Chinese Su-30MKK has an air fueling capability.
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A Ukrianian goverment minister, Natalia Mykolskiy, wrote on her blog that Indonesia has indicated its interest in Ukraine’s An-70 transport plane.
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By Oleg V. Belyakov [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Commenting on a recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir says Washington has not made any request to reopen Naval Air Station Keflavik.
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Tokyo plans to put an interception order based on Article 82 of the Self-Defense Forces Law into permanent effect in order to better deal with ballistic missile threats from North Korea.
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Four Danish F-16s carried out an air strike on the ISIL-controlled city of Raqqa, this is the first time the jets pounded ISIL targets in Syria.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (F16 – RIAT 2008Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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