The first fully fitted KC-46 prototype was at the fuel dock on Paine Field last week when a wrong chemical was pumped into its fuel system, causing damage.
Photo: Boeing
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JASDF intercepts KJ-200 over East China Sea
Japan Air Self Defense Force fighters have encountered a PLA KJ-200 AEW aircraft over East China Sea on Jul. 30. It is the first encounter of the early warning aircraft by Japanese warplanes.
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Embraer will deliver first KC-390 to Brazilian Air Force in 2018
Embraer says it will deliver the first KC-390 to the Brazilian Air Force in the first half of 2018 rather than the end of 2016.
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By Ministério da Defesa (Apresentação KC-390) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
South Korea to deploy M-SAM this year
South Korea has completed testing of the Cheongung or M-SAM air defense system and will deploy it by end of the year.
Tu-160M2 will incorporate avionics derived from PAK FA
Russia’s Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (RETC) will incorporate technologies from the PAK FA fighter program and use it in the upgrading the avionics of the Tu-160M2 bomber.
By Alex Beltyukov [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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