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The Colombian Army lost 17 of its soldiers when a Mi-17 transport helicopter crashed north-west of Bogota on Jun. 26.
By Policía Nacional de los colombianos [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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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.
Photo: Georgia Tech
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.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/185) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Indonesia has given its side of the story into the alleged interception of a Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130s near Natuna Islands on Jun. 25.
By Dinas Penerangan TNI Angkatan Udara (Instagram.com/@tniudara) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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