Aviation News
Iraq’s Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi told a news conference on Sept. 6 that the country’s newly-acquired F-16IQs have started their air strikes against ISIL targets in the country.
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Paris is considering extending airstrikes against ISIL from Iraq to Syria, Le Monde newspaper reported.
By Photographed by myself (Adrian Pingstone) (My camera (Nikon D50 DSLR)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Earlier this month, the Kremlin denied an Israeli news report that Moscow is planning to send warplanes and personnel to Syria, now the LA Times says Russia has approached a country neighboring Syria for airspace clearance of its military aircraft into Syria.
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F-35Cs assigned to VFA-101 have arrived at Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center at Naval Air Station Fallon for the first time.
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Sometime early next year, the U.S. Navy will select a maritime search radar for its new MQ-8C unmanned helicopter.
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