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The Albanian Air Force is getting rid of 10 MiG-19s, six MiG-21s, six Yak-18s and four Mi-4 helicopters in an auction in the capital Tirana on Feb. 22.
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The U.S. Air Force confirmed that it lost a MQ-1B in an unpopulated area in southern Turkey at approximately 1:40 a.m. local time, Feb. 3.
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The U.S. Navy has officially designated its Carrier Onboard Delivery version of the Osprey as CMV-22B.
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Finland’s former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has called on the present government to select the Gripen to replace the Hornets.
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A group of hackers calling themselves AnonSec claimed that they had managed to upload a file containing a flight plan into computers that control NASA’s Global Hawk.
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