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Sweden joins UK next-generation “Tempest” fighter programme

Sweden joins UK next-generation “Tempest” fighter programme

The Telegraph has reported that Sweden will be the first partner nation in the British Tempest programme to build a next-generation “Tempest” fighter jet. on July 16, 2018, UK unveils new Sixth-generation “Tempest” fighter jet model at Farnborough airshow Tempest – a collaboration between industry partners BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, MBDA …

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U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Weapon Station China Lake was closed after the earthquake

U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Weapon Station China Lake evacuated after earthquake

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake was closed Friday as officials assessed infrastructure damage caused by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook southern California. According to the U.S. Navy, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, located in the Western Mojave Desert region of California (approximately 150 miles north of Los Angeles) was closed Friday …

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Russian Su-27 pilot used his mobile phone to record footage of US Navy P-8A Poseidon intercept

Russian Su-27 pilot used his mobile phone to record footage of US Navy P-8A Poseidon intercept

The Russian Defence Ministry on Friday said that it scrambled a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft to intercept a US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance jet heading towards the Russian airspace over the Black Sea. “A Su-27 fighter jet as part of the Southern Military District’s air defences was scrambled to intercept the …

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