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Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Mark Biele is one year into his three-year exchange with the 90th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska as a F-22 pilot.
U.S. Air Force photo/David Bedard
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India’s Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma has admitted that the first indigenous aircraft carrier will not be operational until 2017.
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Instead of buying more Su-27s, 30s from Sukhoi, Indonesia has decided to boost its air defense with upgraded F-16s and K-FX fighters in the longer term.
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Egyptian Apache helicopters attacked suspected Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday in the first such air strike since 1973.
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The world’s only civilian-owned Sea Harrier made its 100th successful flight during the “Thunder over Michigan” airshow on Saturday.
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