Rheinmetall said an existing customer from the Middle East and North Africa has made a follow-up order for Oerlikon Skyguard fire units.
“Fish strike” at MacDill AFB
A Gulfstream IV belonging to NOAA has to abort its takeoff at MacDill Air Force Base on Sept. 10, 2013 because of a “fish strike.”
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U.S. will send six additional F-15s and one KC-135 to Lithuania
The United States will send six additional F-15s and one KC-135 to augment NATO’s air policing mission in the Baltics.
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Norway to keep F-16s in Bodø for QRA
Norway has decided against relocating its F-16s from Bodø to Evenes. Plans to move the Norwegian Air Force Operative Command from Rygge to Bodø has been postponed until 2020 as well.
Pentagon defers plan to buy more MQ-8s
The Pentagon declared in its 2015 budget proposal that it will put a five-year hold on buying the MQ-8 Fire Scout.
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