Indian Air Force deploying Su-30MKIs to U.K. for Ex. Indra Dhanush this July

This July to August, the Indian Air Force will deploy some of its Su-30MKI fighters to U.K. for exercise Indra Dhanush.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (SU30 – RIAT 2007Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The fighters will be supported by il-78 tankers.
If everything goes according to plans, the IAF will participate in Red Flag Alaska next year as well. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha is currently on a working visit to the U.S. where he is expected to be brief on Red Flag Nellis.

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Greece to propose building NATO airbase in Aegean Sea

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said he plans to propose building a NATO airbase in the Aegean Sea when he meet U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter this week.

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Secret Soviet mission in Scotland to fly the Albemarle

The Montrose Air Station’s Heritage Centre has a new exhibit about 24 Soviet pilots who traveled to Scotland to learn fly the Whitworth Armstrong Albemarle transport.

By Bellamy W (F/O) Royal Air Force official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The exhibit opened on May 15 and some descendants of those pilots attended the ceremony.

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