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A general from the Indian Army revealed that there were twenty-three student pilots from various countries undergoing flight training at Pathankot Air Force station when the facility came under attack this week.
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Hungary will amend its lease agreement with the Swedish government for Gripen fighters when the current lease expires next year. This is to cover for the lost of two jets last year.
By Chris Lofting [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy (AVIA) Lab at Penn State University (PSU), have successfully demonstrated the use of cooperative autonomous soaring algorithms to keep unmanned sailplanes aloft for sustained flight durations.
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Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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The U.S. Air Force has activated one of its WC-135 Constant Phoenix and have the aircraft take air samples near North Korea in order to verify if the country had really detonated a nuclear weapon on Jan. 6.
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By Ken H / @chippyho [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
In a notice for awarding a $66 million contract to Raytheon for Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 guided missiles, the Pentagon said the contract includes an option for foreign military sales to Japan.
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