Aviation News
The U.S. Congress has decided to pay $75 million to Boeing as down payment for 22 Super Hornets that the U.S. Navy didn’t order.
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A Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter crashed while attempting to land at Nal airport in Bikaner on Jan. 22. Both pilots on board ejected safely.
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The U.S. Air Force concluded that a failure of the Pitch Roll Channel Assembly on board a F-15C based in Kadena lead to its crash on May 28 last year.
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The Royal Moroccan Air Force has took over three former French Harfan (Heron I) UAVs.
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Hungary’s Gripen fighters are now in charge of policing Slovenia’s airspace. Previously, the role was undertaken by the Italian Air Force.
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