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Russia Secures $2Bln Fighter Jet Contract With Egypt for supply of Su-35 fighter jets

Russian Su-35 Accidentally Shot Down Another Russian Su-30 Fighter Jet During Dogfight Training

Russia has signed a $2 billion contract for the supply of more than 20 Su-35 fighter jets to Egypt, the Kommersant news daily reported on Monday, citing two senior defense industry officials. The supply contract is set to maintain a full capacity output at Russia’s largest aircraft-manufacturing plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur …

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22 Afghan troops killed and 150 captured in Taliban attacks

22 Afghan troops killed and 150 captured in Taliban attacks

An overnight Taliban attack on checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed 22 troops,Al Jazeera reports. Taliban also captured 150 Afghan soldiers after they tried fleeing into neighboring Turkmenistan and were forced back The Taliban launched the assault late on Saturday against checkpoints manned by police and pro-government forces in Qaisar district, setting …

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Offutt Air Force Base Offutt AFB Home Of Strategic Command Of The USAF’s Is Flooding, 60 buildings damaged

Offutt Air Force Base Offutt AFB Home Of Strategic Command Of The USAF's Is Flooding, 60 buildings damaged

One-third of Offutt Air Force Base Offutt AFB Home Of Strategic Command Of The USAF’s Is Flooding, 60 buildings damaged Even the U.S. Air Force couldn’t stop the Mighty Missouri River from flooding Offutt Air Force Base. Between Saturday night and early Sunday, the 55th Wing called off a 30-hour, …

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US Air Force drone crashes close to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan

US Air Force drone crashes close to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan

A U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle crashed close to Bagram Airfield in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan this afternoon. “At 2:50 p.m local time today, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) suffered engine failure and crashed into a field approximately five kilometers south of Bagram Airfield in Parwan province,” the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan …

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FAA says evidence begins to connect Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes

FAA says evidence begins to connect Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes

A new piece of evidence found by investigators on the ground here suggests the Ethi­o­pian Airlines flight that crashed may have had a problem with a new flight-control system also suspected in the crash of a Lion Air flight in October. It is the second piece of information suggesting similarities …

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Rwandan Air Force Mil Mi-17V-5 helicopter operated by United Nations crashes Near Pagak town

Rwandan Air Force Mil Mi-17V-5 helicopter operated by United Nations crashes Near Pagak town

A Rwandan AF helicopter operated by UNISFA crash-landed shortly after take-off from Pagak with no fatalities. A United Nations helicopter that was caring around eleven people from Pagak to Malakal has crashed without fatalities reported. A government official in Pagak told the Nyamilepedia that the incident occurred a few kilometers …

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