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The Sunday Times reported that Boeing made an unsolicited bid to buy over Westland Helicopters from Italian firm, Finmeccanica. The offer was rebuffed.
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A ceremony was held at BAF Bangabandhu Base in Dhaka on Dec. 6 to induct the Yak-130 and AW139 search-and-rescue helicopter into service with the Bangladesh Air Force. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the guest-of-honor.
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The Israeli Air Force will inactivate one squadron of F-16 fighters in early 2017 once its F-35s arrived from the United States.
Dr. Avishai Teicher Pikiwiki Israel [CC BY 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
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Moscow and Astana have a new agreement over the lease of the Balkhash radar station on west coast of Lake Balkhash. The site currently has an operational Dnepr early-warning space radar.
By US Gov KH-7 GAMBIT satellite via Wikimedia Commons
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Shortly after arriving at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus from RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Eurofighters bombed the ISIL-controlled Omar oilfield in eastern Syria on Dec. 4.
Photo: Sgt Gordy Elias/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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