Aviation News
Exercise Maple Flag is back and this year, the French Air Force will bring four Rafales from 1/91 squadron to 4 Wing Cold Lake to participate in the Canadian variation of Exercise Red Flag.
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Flt. Lt. Edwin Borrman recently became the third Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot to be qualified on the F-35A.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries was awarded a $152 million contract on May 23 for advance planning for the construction of future aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 80).
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Pakistan has agreed to purchase an undisclosed number of AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters to perform search and rescue across the nation.
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Last weekend on May 21 and 22, hundreds of thousands of people descended upon Paya Lebar Air Base for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Open House. While members of the public escaped from the scorching heat by lingering in the two massive exhibit halls, everyone probably failed to notice the insignia of 4 new squadrons that are making their appearance at an open house for the first time namely: 129, 138, 801 and 811 Squadrons.
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