Aviation News
The Royal Air Force has elected to pull all 24 Eurofighter Tranche 1 aircraft from existing squadrons and assign them to two new squadrons that will be tasked with homeland air defense duties.
Photo: SAC Andrew Seaward/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Four F-15Cs from the 104th Fighter Wing and 144th Fighter Wing have arrived in Iceland on Apr. 4 to support Icelandic Air Surveillance.
Photos: U.S. Air Force
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The Republic of Korea Air Force has resume partial flying operations for the KF-16 on Apr. 4. A ban was implement last week after a KF-16D crashed on Mar. 30.
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Former Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk was towed from its home of 16-years in Shenzhen, China on Apr. 2 and will be heading to a new aircraft carrier theme park in Nantong, Jiangsu province.
By 颐园新居 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons