This blog post from RAND looks at China’s construction of air strips in the South China Sea.
Nigerian Air Force deploys more aircraft northeast to combat Boko Haram
The Nigerian Air Force has deployed more F-7 fighters and helicopters to an air base in the northeast of the country to combat the Boko Haram insurgents under operation “Lafiya Dole.”
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Photos: Nigerian Army
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Details on next USMC squadrons to transition to F-35B
Four more squadrons will follow VMFA-121’s footsteps in transitioning to the F-35B stealth fighter, the U.S. Marine Corps has announced.
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Israel requesting U.S. to bring THAAD to Juniper Cobra 2016, will bring David’s Sling
Israel has asked the United States to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) to Juniper Cobra 2016 air defense exercise.
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Taiwan buys 2 Sniper ATPs
Lockheed Martin will supply two Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to Taiwan for its F-16 fleet. Lockheed Martin will also provide integration support of LANTIRN targeting and navigation pods on Taiwan’s recently upgraded F-16s.
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons