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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has warned that his service will have to pay more to buy the F/A-18 from Boeing unless the White House approve Kuwait’s request to buy 28 Super Hornets.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Pakistan Air Force says it lost a unmanned aerial vehicle in Mianwali district on Jun. 18. Close examination of the wreckage reveals it as a Chinese-made Wing Loong.
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Classified police reports seen by Turkish daily Cumhuriyet said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) might have up to 50 Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) in its possession.
By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/87) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Strategic Weapons System Ashore (SWS Ashore) facility at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 25 has been completed, Space Florida announced on Jun. 16.
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