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Four C-130s from Colorado’s 302nd Airlift Wing along with approximately 150 U.S. Air Force Reservists are now in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Daniel Butterfield
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Ilyushin’s first deputy general director revealed that his firm delivered eight Il-76 large transport aircraft to an unnamed Asian country in 2015.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye said her government will review requests by Washington to deploy a THAAD air defense missile unit to the Korean peninsular.
Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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MBDA has been given the green light by France to proceed with the Aster Block 1 New Technology program. The contract was signed by Direction Générale de l’Armement with Eurosam consortium on Dec. 23 2015.
By Copyright © 2007 David Monniaux (Copyright © 2007 David Monniaux) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.0 fr], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force has given up the fight to retire the A-10 attack jet as the flying branch concedes that the close-support aircraft is crucial in the fight against ISIL.
By English: Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman, U.S. Air Force (www.defense.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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