The Pentagon has nominated Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan as the next director of the Joint Strike Fighter program and he will be promoted to Lt. Gen.
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Belorussian special forces to get ultralights, UAVs
As part of an effort to modernize the Belarus armed forces, its special forces will be equipped with T-2M-3 ultralight aircraft and Moskit and Lastochka UAVs.
[thumb]http://en.ria.ru/mlitary_news/20120801/174907951.html[/thumb]
Indian Air Force finds MiG-29 pilot’s remains
The Indian Air Force has managed to find some body parts believed to be from a MiG-29 pilot that crash in the mountains of Lahual-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh nearly ten months ago.
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Australia rejects call to expand base to service U.S aircraft carriers
Australia’s Defense Minister Stephen Smith has rejected a proposal by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to expand a naval base in Perth to service a U.S. carrier battle group.
[thumb]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-02/smith-rejects-us-base-proposal/4171086[/thumb]
NBC News: Free Syrian Army has SHORADS
NBC News reported that the Free Syrian Army had obtained nearly two dozen shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles that came from Turkey.
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