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A Royal Moroccan Air Force Mirage F1 was lost after encountering a bird strike while landing at Sidi Slimane Air Base on Aug. 17.
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Since Aug. 17, the 5,693ft runway at Saifai airport at Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India has Mirage 2000s taking off and landing daily as part of a five-day exercise to test its suitability as an alternative base during an emergency.
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Industrial Electronic Engineers (IEE) has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force to provide new 6.25″ x 6.25″ Multi-Purpose Display (MPD) for the F-15E Strike Eagle Program.
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Missile Defense Agency director, Vice Adm. James Syring, said his agency is looking into arming a UAV with a low power laser to test the feasibility of using drone to shoot down ballistic missiles in the boost phase.
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A Pentagon spokesman told reporters that the U.S. military plans to have 90 orbits by unmanned aircraft each day in four years’ time.
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