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Hidden inside BAE System’s preliminary annual report for 2015 is a reference to Saudi Arabia’s order for 22 Hawk 165 jet trainers. This will double the number to 44 aircraft.
By Alan D R Brown [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force will release more information on the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) next month, Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes said.
Continue reading “More details about LRS-B expected in March”
The Royal Air Force has painted a Tornado fighter-bomber in ‘desert pink’ paint scheme to constant operations since the Gulf War 25 years ago.
Photos: Royal Air Force
Continue reading “RAF paints Tornado in ‘desert pink’ paint scheme to mark 25th years of operations”
Two FA-50PHs and two S.211s from the Philippine Air Force escorted President Benigno S. Aquino’s airliner as it enters Philippine airspace today.
Photos: Philippine Government
Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3Cs, returning home from Djouboti, made a stop in Da Nang, Vietnam on Feb. 16-18. This is the first time since World War Two that Japanese military aircraft had landed in Vietnam.
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