Brazilian Minister of Defense Jaques Wagner told Sputnik that his country will soon make an official request to purchase the Pantsir-S1 air defense system.
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Nepal says it has stopped three British CH-47 Chinooks from entering the country for post-earthquake relief efforts.
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“We have told the British authorities that they cannot fly their Chinook helicopters here because our technical team says they are likely to damage the houses and other buildings in the Kathmandu valley,” spokesman Tara Pokharel told AFP.
The move came after a Osprey blew the roof off a small building with its downdraft in a quake-hit village during a delivery flight.
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A 707 tanker from Omega Air suffered an uncontained engine failure on the No. 1 engine after departing NAS Point Mugu on Apr. 10.
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The crew landed the plane without incident at its destination, Southern California Logistics Airport.
A post-flight inspection found damaged turbine blades, holes in the turbine exhaust case, a hole in the engine cowling, and a small puncture in a trim tab on the left outboard aileron.
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Britain and Germany have grounded their A400M fleet following the fatal crash of a A400M in Spain on May 9.
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It is not clear if France, Malaysia and Turkey will ground their aircraft as well.
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Ashahi Shimbun reports that the U.S. Air Force may bring the CV-22 to Yokota Air Base as early as the end of this year.
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Up to 10 CV-22s will eventually call home in Yokota.
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The Mexican Embassy in the Philippines commemorated the 70th anniversary of 201st Fighter Squadron’s combat operations during the liberation of Philippines from Japan.
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Last month, it was reported here that the U.S. Navy plans to deploy the AIM-120D later this year. However, a photo taken at Atsugi, Japan seems to show a CATM-120D on a VFA-195 F/A-18E on May 5.
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Two B-52Hs from the 340th Weapons Squadron flew to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas in April for a joint stand-off weapons training with B-1s from the 77th Weapons Squadron.
U.S Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Autumn Velez
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Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told reporters on May 8 that China is “practicing to have an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)” over the South China Sea.
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