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Saudi Arabia will start flight tests of the AN-132, an improved version of the An-32 twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft it is developing with Ukraine, next year.
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Commander of the United States Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Harris, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) should be deployed as quickly as possible.
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The U.S. Navy will test the aerial refueling capability of the E-2D later this year. The first E-2D built, AA1, is now undergoing modifications at Northrop Grumman’s St Augustine facility.
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U.S. officials say China has deployed J-11 and JH-7 fighter bombers to Woody Island in the Paracel archipelago this week. This is not the first time those type of fighters have been deployed there.
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A woman F-15E weapon systems officer assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing achieved the rare feat of having 1,000 combat hours on the fighter-bomber during a sortie on Feb. 13.
U. S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Miller
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