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PICTURES: RAF reveals 6 Sqn´s first Typhoons

8. september. 17:28 | Defense

The UK Royal Air Force has released the first images of three Eurofighter Typhoons in the markings of its newly reformed 6 Sqn.

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PICTURES: IAI tests Colombia´s new 767 tanker

7. september. 13:37 | Defense

Israel Aerospace Industries' Bedek unit has conducted a successful series of flight trials involving a modified Boeing 767 tanker for Colombia, and says a lucrative market exists for additional customers.

 
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Finnish border guard takes first AW119Ke

7. september. 13:35 | Defense

AgustaWestland has delivered the first of four AW119Ke helicopters to the Finnish border guard.

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RAF stands up new Typhoon squadron at Leuchars

6. september. 12:24 | Defense

The UK Royal Air Force will this month move a step closer to retiring its last Panavia Tornado F3 fighters, with a new unit to be stood up at its Leuchars air base in Scotland with the replacement Eurofighter Typhoon.

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Boeing Receives AC-130U Gunship Support Contract

5. september. 17:12 | Defense

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., Sept. 2, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide spare servo-actuators for the AC-130U gunship. The five-year contract, which includes a base year plus four out-year ordering periods, is worth up to $7.2 million. A total of $1.2 million of the first phase has been obligated.

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PICTURES: RAF marks Sentinel, Shadow surveillance aircraft milestones

3. september. 23:51 | Defense

The UK Royal Air Force has provided limited details of the operational use in Afghanistan of two of its newest surveillance assets.

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L-3 division pushes for more F-35 work in Canada

2. september. 20:38 | Defense

L-3 MAS is lobbying the Canadian government to negotiate a greater role on the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme.

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PICTURES: Poland completes third Baltic air policing spell

2. september. 20:34 | Defense

The Polish air force has completed its third period of providing air policing cover for Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with four RSK MiG-29s having returned to its Minsk Mazowiecki air base on 1 September.

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