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India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Parliament that between 2013 to 2014, the Su-30MKI suffered 35 engine failures, which is around 2.9 failures a month.
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Argentina’s Defense Minister AgustÃn Rossi confirmed that Air Force chief Mario Miguel Callejo will head to China this weekend with a delegation to evaluate the JF-17 fighter.
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VFA-27 concluded a Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) detachment with the JASDF 204th Fighter Squadron on Feb. 23-25.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Spencer Abbot
The U.S. Air Force has conceded that Boeing will not be able to take the KC-46A on its maiden flight in April. It will likely be carried out in the second quarter of the year.
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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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