Aviation News
Sept. 7 was the 50th anniversary of the first Bell Model 209 flight. However, there was not ceremony or any fanfare to mark the occasion.
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Roketsan has tied up with Polish company WZL1 to offer the former’s Cirit laser-guided rocket and Mizrak-U anti-tank missile for the Polish military.
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Indonesia plans to upgrade the military facilities on its island closest to South China Sea. The airport in Natuna island will be expanded so that four fighter jets can be based there.
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F-16s from the Indonesian Air Force have arrived in Korat air base, Thailand for exercise Elang Thainesia XVII.
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French President Francois Hollande announced his country will send reconnaissance flights over Syria starting from Sept. 8. Francois also said air strikes in Syria could come later.
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