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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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Swapping out the C-130H with C-130J and deploying CV-22s to Japan are part of the Pacific rebalance by the Pentagon, commander of 374th Airlift Wing told Stars and Stripes.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Commander of French army aviation, Maj. Gen. Olivier de la Motte, revealed that his country is discussing with Australia over the potential joint requirement for a special forces variant of the NH90.
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By Perrin JC (P1090302) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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