Aviation News
British Airways flight BA0108, from Dubai to London, was intercepted Gripen fighters scrambled by the Hungarian Air Force after its lost contact with air traffic controllers on Apr. 30.
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Defense One has a piece on how the Pentagon is spending $10 million to improve on the search for mobile missile launchers by teaching computers on how to filter them out from the surroundings.
By USAF (http://www.af.mil/photos) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Japan and the Philippines will conclude talks to lease five TC-90s from the Maritime Self-Defense Force to Manila.
By まも(Mamo) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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According to the Sri Lanka Leader, Pakistan is offering the JF-17 fighter to Sri Lanka at $29 million each.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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A spokesman from the Russian Ministry of Defense said a Su-27 was scrambled to intercept an American RC-135 over the Baltic Sea on Apr. 29 because the latter’s transponder was switched off.
By Mary Kavanagh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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