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Testing of the Rafale M will continue until Feb. 1 at Goa

Posted on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 by alert5

Dinakar Peri reports that French Navy Rafale M will start its ski-jump testing in Goa from today till Feb. 1.

ERIC SALARD from PARIS, FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Japan had reconsidered canceling RQ-4 purchase due to Trump

Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 by alert5

Japanese officials overturned plans to cancel the purchase of three RQ-4 Block 30i unmanned air vehicles in 2020 out of consideration for then President Donald Trump, who was promoting U.S. weapons exports.

Photo: Northrop Grumman

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Two T129s are reported to have arrived in the Philippines

Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 by alert5

Turkish Aerospace Inc. (TAI) is said to have delivered two T129 attack helicopters to the Philippines on Jan. 8.

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AH-1Z made hard landing just outside Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Posted on January 8, 2022 by alert5

A AH-1Z attack helicopter assigned to HMLA-773 made a hard landing in an open field outside the fence line of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Jan. 6.