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Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and former Air Force chief Prajin Juntong told reporters that Bangkok is interested in getting four more Gripen fighters. Juntong made the comments after meeting Swedish ambassador Staffan Herrstrom.
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Fighter pilots from Japan Air Self-Defense Force will be flying the F-35A at Luke Air Force Base by the end of the year, a Lockheed Martin official told Stars and Stripes in Tokyo.
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The JSF Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base has started a series of tests to assess the tail hook of the F-35A.
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The Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System (AAMDS) in Romania was declared as operationally certified in a ceremony held in Deveselu, May 12.
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North American Surveillance Systems and L-3 Communications Corp. have both been awarded separate contracts to modify Cessna 208B turboprop aircraft into intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms for Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Philippines.
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