India is expected to send its Sea Harriers into retirement next year, the same time aircraft carrier INS Viraat is decommissioned.
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BBC flew on board RAF Sentinel R1 to observe surveillance mission over Iraq, Syria
A BBC film crew was able to go aboard a Royal Air Force Sentinel R1 and see its surveillance mission over the Iraqi, Syria border. Hit the source for the link to the video.
Photo: Sergeant Ross Tilly (RAF)/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
Photos, Video of Swedish Gripens operating out of a highway in Finland
Last week , two Swedish Air Force Gripen fighters from 211 Squadron, F 21, landed on a road runway in Finland for the first time during exercise Baana 2015.
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Photos: Louise Levin/Försvarsmakten
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Tor–M2U can now fire while on the move
Almaz-Antei has modified the Tor-M2U air defense system for it to fire its missiles while on the move.
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Photos, Video of Operation Chammal: France’s first airstrike in Syria
France carried out its first airstrike in Syria at 0630 (French local time) on Sept. 27. Five Rafales, one Atlantique 2 and one C-135 took part in the raid. Total mission time was five hours.
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Photos: French Ministry of Defense
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