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An annual report from Chernyshev Moscow Machine-Building Enterprise revealed that the manufacturer of the RD-33MK jet engine received an order for 92 of those engines in November 2015. It is speculated that the engines are meant for Egypt’s order of 46 MiG-35s.
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Airbus Defence and Space and Roketsan Missiles Industries of Turkey have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to integrate a variety of weapons from Roketsan’s existing product range on the Airbus C295W.
Photo: Airbus
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VFA-136 and ten of its F/A-18Es departed NAS Oceana for the last time on Jul. 13 as the squadron relocated to NAS Lemoore in California.
The U.S. Air Force announced that the KC-46 flying with a modified boom has managed to refuel a C-17 in mid-air and the previously observe axial loading issues were not present this time.
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Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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A military spotter caught the RQ-170 landing somewhere in Nevada (not sure yet if its Nellis) over the weekend and posted the video on YouTube.