Hill Air Force Base will deploy nearly a dozen of F-16s to South Korea in a routine rotation.
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Norway optimistic with F-35 program
Norway’s defense minister told Reuters that the F-35 program is on the right track with most technical issues solved.
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DOT&E says Ford class sortie generation worse than Nimitz class
The Pentagon’s chief weapons evaluator said that an early assessment of CVN-78 found that the aircraft carrier’s sortie generation might be worse than the Nimitz class it is going to replace.
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Turkey hopes to export T-129 to Libya
Turkey is keen to export the TAI T-129 helicopter to Libya. Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was given a briefing on the possible sale during a visit to TAI on Jan. 3.
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Another fatal MC-12 crash in Afghanistan
There was another MC-12 crash in Afghanistan. This on happened on the night of Jan. 10.
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