Aviation News
The Netherlands has placed an order for eight F-35A stealth fighters. Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert signed the deal in Washington D.C. on Mar. 25.
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The U.S. Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept successfully fired three missiles from the Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) Launch Demonstration Unit.
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The U.S. Marine Corps faces a shortage of aircraft with nearly one in every five aircraft in its inventory unable to fly.
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Al Arabiya News Chanel reported that warplanes from United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan have joined Saudi Arabia for air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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The First Air Force has filed an urgent operational need request to fit an AESA radar on Air National Guard F-16 Block 30s.
Photo: Northrup Grumman