A Hellenic Air Force Canadair CL-215 crashed on Jun. 26 as the amphibian was busy fighting wild fires near Athens.
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17 killed in Colombian Army Mi-17 crash
The Colombian Army lost 17 of its soldiers when a Mi-17 transport helicopter crashed north-west of Bogota on Jun. 26.
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F-22 engineering building sold to Georgia Tech
Lockheed Martin has agreed to sell four buildings plus 52 acres of land at its south campus in Marietta to Georgia Tech. One of those buildings – L-22 – served as the main program, administrative and engineering building for the F-22 program until 2013 when production ceased.
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Two daily U-2 reconnaissance flights over Korean Peninsular
The United States has switched to two daily reconnaissance flights by U-2 spy planes in the Korean Peninsular after the recent successful launch of Musudan ballistic missiles by North Korea.
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S-350 air defense missile system prototype to be ready soon
Russia is close to finishing work on a prototype S-350 air defense missile system and trials have started, a senior Russian military commander said.
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