Aviation News
The United States plans to finance the Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system with $220 million in fiscal 2014 and $175.9 million in fiscal 2015.
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The USAF wants to upgrade the radar and displays of 175 F-15C/Ds to keep them flying till 2030.
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F-15s at RAF Lakenheath will fly less frequently and only who were preparing to be deployed in support of current operations would be flight-trained.
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Japanese fighters were scrambled 306 times in fiscal year 2012 to intercept Chinese aircraft.
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LTC Chen Yueh-fang is the commanding officer of 101st Airlift Squadron, she is the first woman squadron commander in the Republic of China Air Force’s history.
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