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The Indian Air Force rushed a C-130J carrying an accident recovery kit to Nepal’s Kathmandu airport to help clear a Turkish Airlines A330 that was blocking the runway.
“C-130 J” by Hemant.rawat1234 – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen announced in Parliament that the RSAF will have a new helicopter to replace the Airbus Helicopter AS332 and AS532 within a decade.
“RSAF Aerospatiale AS-332M1 Super Puma Vabre” by Phil Vabre – http://www.airliners.net/photo/Singapore—Air/Aerospatiale-AS-332M1-Super/1518464/L/. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons.
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Almaz-Antei Air Defense Concern has delivered three batteries of the new S-300V4 air defense system to Russia’s Air Defense Forces.
“9A83ME TEL – Antey-2500 SAM 02” by Vitaly V. Kuzmin – http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/384. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Gen. Vincent Brooks, head of U.S. Army Pacific Command, said Washington is considering deploying a THAAD unit to the Middle East.
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U.S. Marines from the 172nd and 171st Engineering Companies joined the Air Force’s 18th Civil Engineer Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Feb. 26 for a joint airfield damage and repair contingency exercise.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class John Linzmeier
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