Norwegian F-16s will fly their last mission out of Bodø Air Base on Jan. 6 and the base will end all fighter operations after that.
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Rafale M will begin ski jump testing at INS Hansa this week
Hindustan Times says French Navy Rafale M fighter will be at INS Hansa to carry out suitability trials with the ski jump there.
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Morocco to take delivery of VL MICA
Spanish news Larazon reports that Morocco will soon be taking delivery of the MBDA VL MICA ground based air defense missile system.
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Israel signs contracts for 12 CH-53Ks and 2 KC-46As
Good news arrived at Boeing and Sikorsky on the second last day of 2021 as Israel signs contracts for the purchase of 12 CH-53K helicopters and two more KC-46A aerial tankers.
The CH-53K has undergone extensive developmental testing that utilized the degraded visual environment (DVE) test course at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) for more than two years, most recently to verify software updates in the flight control software that have been made as a result of this testing.
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