A defense expert from the Victoria University of Wellington has urged the government not to sell its Aermacchi MB339 jet trainers and restored them.
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Sweden offers Gripen to Bulgaria
Saab and the Swedish Defense Ministry have sent representatives to Bulgaria to strengthen their bid to sell the Gripen to the Bulgarian Defense Ministry.
Former Ethiopian pilot trainees stuck in Kyrgyzstan for two decades
Twenty years ago, a group of 80 Ethiopians were sent to Kyrgyzstan by their Marxist government to be trained as pilots. They were stuck there when both the Soviet Union and their government collapsed. Now only nine of them still remain in the small town of Tokmok.
Medvedev bans sale of S-300 to Iran
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree Wednesday banning the sale of S-300 missile system to Iran.
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Indonesia’s three Su-27SKMs passed flight tests
Three Su-27SKM fighters delivered to Indonesia this month have all cleared flight tests at Sultan Hasanuddin air base.