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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U.S. Navy MH-53 crashed and burned in South Korea
A fire broke out and destroyed a U.S. Navy MH-53 helicopter after it made an emergency landing on a farm in the southeastern city of Pohang South Korea on Friday. A photo of the crash site is in the article.
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