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The U.S. Marine Corps has declared the F-35B operational on the last day of July. VMFA-121 is the first unit in the world to have achieved Initial Operational Capability with the stealth fighter.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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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 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 has completed testing of the Cheongung or M-SAM air defense system and will deploy it by end of the year.