Ukraine has plans to build an indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle to survey enemy positions and it has a crowd-sourcing campaign to fund the program.
Myanmar Air Force chief-of-staff fired after bomb landed in Chinese territory
Reuters reported that Myanmar Air Force removed Major General Lwin Oo as chief-of-staff after a stray bomb landed in China and killed farmers three months ago.
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Turkish media says Erdoğan is getting a CH-47F for presidential palace
Turkey placed an order for five more Boeing CH-47F helicopters in January, this bring the total number ordered to eleven. However, Turkish media says only four will go the military as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to have a Chinook for his presidential palace.
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Last U.S. Navy EA-6B missing man formation
The U.S. Navy officially retired the Grumman EA-6B at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on Jun. 27. The last aircraft, BuNo. 163890, joined three EA-18Gs to perform a missing man formation on Jun. 26.
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MQ-1B lost over Syria was shot down
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B went down over the Syrian town of Latakia on Mar. 17, the service now admits that the UAV was shot down.
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