Serbia wants to buy MiG-29s, Buk, Tor and Pantsir-S1

Serbia has given Russia a shopping list of military equipment it would like to buy and a newly created Russian-Serbian commission for military-technical cooperation will examine the request later this month.

MAKS Airshow 2015 (21212065816)
By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_0637) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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920th Rescue Wing retiring its HC-130P/Ns

920th Rescue Wing has been flying its six HC-130P/N to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group throughout the fall of 2015. Click the source for the story.

HC-130P-N refuels HH-60G
By U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Pierce (United States Air Force) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Luftwaffe’s Tornado detachment at Holloman AFB might cease operations in 2019

The German Air Force has a detachment of Tornado fighter-bombers at Holloman Air Force Base in the United States. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the German Air Force Flying Training Center at Holloman. During the annual New Year’s reception by the center, the commanding officer of the center told the crowd that the contract to keep the Tornados at Holloman might not be renewed this year.

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