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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.
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The U.S. Army still considers the Armed Aerial Scout a valid requirement, Maj. Gen. Michael D. Lundy, commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, told HASC’s subcommittee on tactical air and land forces.
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The British government announced it will send two Sentinel aircraft to Iraq for wide area surveillance of ISIL activity and track IED laying activity.
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