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If Boeing is to export the A-10 when the jet is retired from the U.S. Air Force, one potential market will be the Middle East whereby the attack aircraft can be a low-cost counterterrorism system.
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A senior military official from Afghanistan says the country is arming its transport planes with weapons and has been using them on air strikes against the Taliban.
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Italian Eurofighter pilots will soon dogfight against the M-346. Defense News says the aircraft has been deployed to the Eurofighter Operational Conversion Unit of the 4th Wing to test out the concept of using the advanced jet trainer for air combat training.
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In order for the F-16 to employ the new GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, Raytheon has developed a software technology, called Interface Bridge, for the weapon to work with the 1760 interface.
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said no man portable air defence system (MANPADS) from China are in the hands of militants in Iraq and Syria.
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