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High tempo combat operations in Africa and Middle East are depleting the bomb stockpile for the French Air Force, its chief Gen. André Lanata said.
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An attempt by U.S. Senator Rand Paul to block the sale of 6 F-16Ds and 2 F-16Cs to Pakistan has failed. Senators voted 71-24 to approve the sale.
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The U.S. Army is still interested in replacing the OH-58D light reconnaissance helicopter under the Future Vertical Lift-Light (FVL-Light) program.
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An anonymous South Korean military official told Yonhap that the indigenous M-SAM air defense system has been deployed along the maritime border with North Korea in the Yellow Sea.
The U.S. State Department has cleared a potential Foreign Military Sale to Indonesia for 36 AIM-120C-7 missiles. The estimated cost is $95 million.
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