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The recent accident whereby wrong fuel chemicals were pumped into the fuel system of the first fully-equipped KC-46 has caused the maiden flight to be delayed by another month.
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TV Zvezda reported that Moscow intends to install a new early warning radar in Azerbaijan. The Voronezh-DM will replace the old radar at Gabala, which was decommissioned in 2012 after Baku declined to renew its lease.
Kremlin.ru [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A BAE Systems’ Sabreliner a training mission with the U.S. Navy has collided with a Cessna 172 over Brown Field Municipal Airport on Aug. 16. Five were killed in the accident.
By Alan Radecki Akradecki (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The MQ-4C has started testing inside Patuxent River’s anechoic chamber on Aug. 12. It will remain inside the chamber for the next eight weeks.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
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The Argentine Air Force had a formal farewell ceremony for its Mirage fighter fleet on Aug. 13. The service happens to be celebrating its 103th anniversary on that day as well.
By Chris Lofting [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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