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The U.S. 7th Fleet announced that a detachment from VAQ-138 has been at Clark Air Base, Philippines since Jun. 15 to train with “Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) FA-50 aircraft pilots.”
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Around 2,600 Lockheed Martin workers at its Fort Worth facility will soon decide whether give leaders of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 776 the authority to call a strike as the current contract between the aerospace giant and the union expires next month.
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Head of Botswana Defence Force (BDF), Lt. Gen. Gaolathe Galebotswe, confirmed to the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee that the military is negotiating to buy between 8 to 12 Gripen fighters from Sweden.
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One of the two crew members aboard a VPAF Su-30MK2V that crashed on Jun. 14 has been rescued by a fishing boat. Maj. Nguyen Huu Cuong was found at around 5 a.m. on the next day, the other pilot, Col. Tran Quang Khai, is still missing.
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