Joint Base Lewis-McChord is enhancing the surveillance of low flying aircraft in its training area by having Saab installed its Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system.
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Saudi Arabia’s DF-21 missile force
Newsweek is running a story on how Saudi Arabia acquired DF-21 ballistic missiles from China with help from the CIA.
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Norwegian F-16s deployed to Iceland
Six Norwegian F-16s arrived in Iceland on Jan. 27 to take on NATO’s air policing mission there.
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AgustaWestland gets two helicopter contracts from U.K.
Britain has given AgustaWestland two contracts worth £760 million to convert 25 Air Force AW101 Merlin helicopters for naval use and a five-year maintenance contract for the Apache AH Mk.1.
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Turkey again extends dateline for air defense system
Turkey has extended the dateline for companies to submit new offers to supply an air defense missile system.
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