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India’s defense minister said the first of the 36 Rafales may not reach the country until two-and-a-half years later.
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A Washington state lawmaker has proposed laying at least two retired aircraft carriers end-to-end as a toll bridge to ease traffic congestion in Puget Sound.
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The upgraded Pantsir-S2 gun/SAM system will enter service by end of the year, Commander of Air Defense Troops of the Russian Air Force told reporters.
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Maj. Gen. James Post was removed as vice commander at Air Combat Command after making comments that anyone who talked to Congress about retiring the A-10 was committing treason.
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Russia’s Rostec could use equipment from Brazilian defense contractor Mectron in the Yak-130.
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