A Saudi general told reporters in Riyadh that Saudi Apache attack helicopters have staged cross-border attacks inside Yemen.
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The helicopters were targeting Houthi militia that attacked Saudi soldiers in the Najran region of southwestern Saudi Arabia.
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VFA-27 was recently recognized by Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific (COMNAVAIRPAC) as the recipients of the 2014 COMNAVAIRPAC Battle “E” award.
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Lockheed Martin was awarded a $13 million contract to integrate the Exelis ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) on Turkey’s F-16s.
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Responding to the Pentagon’s comments that a Russian Su-27 had intercepted a RC-135U in a dangerous manner, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said the spy plane was flying with its transponder switched off.
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Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said the fighter flew around the American aircraft a few times to confirm that its a RC-135U and reported its tail number to ground control.
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India’s defense minister said the first of the 36 Rafales may not reach the country until two-and-a-half years later.
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“Fly-away means not tomorrow, it has to be designed as per India’s need, plus there is a requirement of working out the price,” Manohar Parrikar told reporters.
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A Washington state lawmaker has proposed laying at least two retired aircraft carriers end-to-end as a toll bridge to ease traffic congestion in Puget Sound.
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Chris Johnson, a spokesman for Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington D.C., said the plan was a longshot because neither of those ships were available, and all such ships decommissioned in the future are scheduled to be scrapped.
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The upgraded Pantsir-S2 gun/SAM system will enter service by end of the year, Commander of Air Defense Troops of the Russian Air Force told reporters.
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Maj. Gen. James Post was removed as vice commander at Air Combat Command after making comments that anyone who talked to Congress about retiring the A-10 was committing treason.
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Post’s “choice of words had the effect of attempting to prevent some members from lawfully communicating with Congress, which is a violation of the U.S. Code and [Department of Defense] Directives, whether that was his intention or not,” said Air Combat Command.
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The Defense Ministers of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and and Iceland’s foreign minister, signed an opinion piece in Oslo-based newspaper Aftenposten on Apr. 10. Signaling their respective countries intentions to cooperate on defense issues.
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Russia’s Rostec could use equipment from Brazilian defense contractor Mectron in the Yak-130.
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Sergei Goreslavsky, deputy head of Rostec unit Rosoboronexport, said the move is to circumnavigate the sanctions imposed on Russia.
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