Duluth’s 148th Fighter Wing will deploy to Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan from August with their F-16 Block 50s.
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First four Japanese F-35 each to cost 300 million yen more
Instead of 9.9 billion yen for each of the first four Japanese F-35, Tokyo has agreed to a new price of 10.2 billion yen per plane.
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Sweden offered to loan Gripens to Switzerland
Swiss Defense Minister Ueli Maurer said on Friday after meeting his Swedish counterpart that Sweden has offered to loan Switzerland a squadron of second-hand Gripen C/Ds until its new Gripens arrived.
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U.S. intelligence says Turkish F-4 was inside Syrian airspace when shot down
Wall Street Journal reported that the Turkish F-4 shot down by Syria was inside its airspace and was hit by anti-aircraft guns.
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U.S. officially notifies Tokyo of MV-22 deployment
Tokyo has been officially notified by the U.S. government on its plan to deploy the MV-22 to Japan.
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