Russian procecutors have decided to drop charges against Sergei Tsivilev, former first deputy head of MiG, and his deputy, Oleg Fadeyev, for supplying low-quality equipment for MiG-29 fighters that were rejected by Algeria in 2007.
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WAH64D to be redundant by 2017?
The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that defense officials have warned the British Apache fleet could be redundant because the U.S. will stop support for the model by 2017.
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Bogdan to be named as F-35’s program manager on Dec. 6
On Dec. 6, the Pentagon will announced that U.S. Air Force Gen. Christopher Bogdan will officially be the next F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Joint Program Office manager.
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Chile shopping for light attack helicopters
Chile is looking at the Eurocopter EC 635, the Bell 407 AH and the Boeing AH-6i as candidates for its light attack helicopter contest.
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Photo: J-10B weapons load out
