Aviation News
Yonhap says the F-35 has been eliminated from South Korea’s FX-III fighter competition and Boeing and EADS have submitted bids that came in under budget.
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The newly declassified CIA papers on the U-2 revealed that British pilots flew the spy plane into the Soviet Union.
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HMLA-367 is the last U.S. Marine Corps helicopter unit to fire the TOW anti-tank missile. The final firing occurred on Aug. 9 in California.
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Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked by Jordan to provide manned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to the kindgom during his visit to the country.
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Outgoing Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has decided that the next government will decide whether to lease the Gripen fighters for a new term.
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