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A Lockheed Martin official told Flight Global that Bahrain is close to making a decision to upgrade its F-16 fleet to the V configuration and simultaneously procure a batch of newly-built F-16Vs.
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) launched a Su-30MKI fighter to bring down a balloon-like suspicious object in Rajasthan on Jan. 26.
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Sources have told The Australian that the Turnbull cabinet is considering freedom of navigation (FON) and overflight exercises in near territories claimed by China in the South China Sea.
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The Indonesian Air Force has voiced displeasure over the acquisition of some land at its air base in Halim Perdanakusumah airport for the construction of a high speed railway station.
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India plans to set up a satellite tracking and data reception centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and analysts are saying that the facility will allow India to monitor Chinese military activities that are far from its border with China.
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