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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, is naming its newest cadet barracks after Air Force Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., a Tuskegee Airman who had graduated from the academy.
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An anonymous source told Yonghap that Seoul will only make a decision on getting an aerial tanker for its Air Force this June.
“Royal Air Force Airbus A330MRTT Bidini” by Aldo Bidini – http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK—Air/Airbus-A330-243-(MRTT)/1961354/L/. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons.
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The first two upgraded Mirage 2000 fighters for the Indian Air Force will be handed over by Dassault in France on Mar. 25.
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The U.N. mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said two Dutch airmen were killed in a AH-64 crash in the north of the country on Mar. 17.
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At the opening of Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he hope Indonesia’s Jupiter Aerobatic Team will return to perform at the next show in two years time.
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