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Israel’s Defense Ministry has started the gradual process of transferring the first David’s Sling air defense system to the Israeli Air Force.
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Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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News reports from the Middle East say the Charles de Gaulle task force is now in the Mediterranean and will eventually be positioned off Libya.
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A former civilian contract employee at Hill Air Force Base has been charged in U.S. District Court for exporting two F-16 brake assemblies to Indonesia without authorization.
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Photo: TNI AU
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India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has cleared the way for the purchase of two more Phalcon AEW&C aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
By Michael Sender (Michael Sender) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
General Dynamics has been given a $156 million contract to carry out phased maintenance availability (PMA) on USS Essex.
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