Aviation News
The Australian embassy in Washington has received a request from the Obama administration to expand its air strikes from Iraq to Syria.
By Robert Frola [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Belarusian Deputy Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Igor Lotenkov announced that his country and Russia will develop a new air defense system to replace the Strela-10M (NATO: SA-13)
By Srđan Popović (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The R-11 Raven mini-UAV has been upgraded with a new gimbal-mounted camera that gives the operator a nearly 360-degree view around the aircraft.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Garett Hernandez, 1st Cav. Div. PAO
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Two Saudi Apache pilots were killed when their helicopter came down near the border with Yemen on Aug. 21.
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By Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom (AH-64D Apache) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Russian Navy received two Su-30SM fighters on Aug 17 and the service will have 50 such fighters by 2020.
By Alex Beltyukov (http://russianplanes.net/id145423) [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons