Dassault’s new chief executive Eric Trappier told French daily Les Echos that his company will offer the Rafale fighter to Canada.
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British team searching for buried Spitfires found water-filled crate
The team lead by David J. Cundall has found a wooden crate containing parts of a Spitfire in Myanmar, however the crate was filled with muddy water.
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PLANAF J-11BH deployed to Paracel Islands
A news report on Xinhua says the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force completed a rotation of J-11BH fighters to the Paracel Islands last year.
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Pentagon says defective part caused F-15’s breakup in 2007
The Pentagon found that Boeing provided “defective” or “nonconforming” parts which resulted in a F-15 breaking up in mid-flight in 2007.
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Video: Grob Tutor from RAF Cranwell makes emergency landing in a field
A Grob Tutor training aircraft based at RAF College Cranwell was forced to make an emergency landing in a field to the airfield at 12:25pm on Jan. 10. No one was hurt during the incident.
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