The U.S. Marine Corps road map for retiring the F/A-18 and AV-8B has changed. Instead of retiring the Hornet before the Harrier, the service has decided on the opposite.
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Sweetman: J-20 is analogous to Tu-22M2/3
Bill Sweetman said in his latest article on the J-20 that the Chinese fighter “could turn out to be an analogue to the Soviet-era Tu-22M2/3 Backfire bomber.”
Photos: Ground-based air defense system at Zhuhai airshow
Israeli military urge government not to pull out from V-22 deal
Israel’s top military officers have thrown their support behind a deal to buy V-22 Ospreys after Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon decided to cancel the purchase.
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RAAF has scrapped first AP-3C
Australia has started the process of retiring the AP-3C with the first aircraft, A9-663, being scrapped on Oct. 20.
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