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A F-16 assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base crashed on Jan. 21 near Bagdad, Arizona. The crash site has been located but the fate of the pilot is unknown.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Interfax reported that the MiG-31 will form the basis for a new interceptor – designated as MiG-41.
By Konstantin Tyurpeko (http://russianplanes.net/id161326) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Photos and a Facebook video of the four A-29 Super Tucanos arriving at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Jan. 29.
U.S. Air Force photos/Tech. Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb
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Houthis rebels posted a video claiming that they have shot down a U.S. drone on Jan. 20 using the S-75 (NATO: SA-2) surface-to-air missile.
In this Oped on Wall Street Journal, Daniel Z. Katz – the director for defense analysis at Aviation Week Intelligence and Data Services – urge the U.S. government to station a fighter wing, air-refueling tankers and P-8 on Luzon, Philippines.
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By LCpl Jose D. Lujano [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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