A J-10B is seen with two PL-10 and two PL-8 dogfight missiles. The white missiles on the port side of the aircraft are dumb counterweights. The blue ones on the starboard side are training rounds. The PL-8 on the outermost wing station is lacking its fins.
Brazil might end up buying just 40 Gripen E/Fs
At the Dubai airshow, Brazilian Air Force’s vice-director of air education and training command told Flight Global that the weakening currency and poor economic environment might force his service to buy around 40 Gripen E/F fighters.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Work: F-35 is a flying sensor computer
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work talked about the Pentagon’s new “third offset strategy” to defeat future adversaries at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Nov. 8.
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AT-6 took part in NATO’s Ample Strike exercise
Beechcraft’s AT-6C Wolverine light attack and reconnaissance aircraft flew seven operational missions in NATO’s Ample Strike 2015 during September in Czech Republic.
By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Beechcraft AT-6 – RIAT 2010Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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PAC says first JF-17 export contract signed, will leave it to customer to make announcement
At the Dubai airshow, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) said the first export contract of the JF-17 has been signed and it will be up to the customer whether it wants to reveal itself.
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