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Apr- 2018 -11 April
257 killed in Algerian military transport plane crash
An Algerian military Il-76 transport plane crashed and caught fire on Wednesday killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said
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10 April
US approves sale to Qatar of 5,000 guided rockets for Apache helicopters
The U.S. State Department approved the $300 million sale to Qatar of 5,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guided rockets for its Apache helicopters
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9 April
Syria and Russia accuse Israel of missile strikes on T4 airbase in Homs
Syria and Russia accused Israel of conducting missile strikes on the T4 airbase in Homs from Lebanese airspace
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7 April
US aircraft strike 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in western Afghanistan
U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted strikes on 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in Farah and Nimroz provinces between April 3-5
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7 April
Airstrike kills senior ISIS commander Qari Hekmat in northern Afghanistan
Qari Hekmat, the top commander of Islamic State – Khorasan Province in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan, was killed in an airstrike
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5 April
US approves $7.2 billion military aircraft sales to NATO allies Germany, Slovakia, Spain and the UK
The U.S. State Department approved sales of F-16 fighter jets and weapons to Slovakia, CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Spain, MQ-4C Triton drones to Germany and support for the U.K.’s MQ-9 Reaper drones
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5 April
US Navy pauses air operations in Djibouti and cancels exercises after pair of aviation incidents
The US Navy halted air operations in Djibouti and canceled the remainder of a joint exercise following two aviation crashes this week, a spokesperson told The Defense Post.
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5 April
Taliban vows ‘serious revenge’ over Afghan airstrike that reportedly killed civilians
The Taliban has vowed to "take serious revenge" after an Afghan airstrike in an area controlled by the militant group killed or wounded dozens of people, many of them children
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4 April
Turkey will receive first Russian S-400 air defense systems in 2019
Russia has agreed to bring forward the delivery to Turkey of S-400 air defence missile systems, in a deal that has raised eyebrows among NATO allies
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3 April
Pilot dies in Myanmar military plane crash
A Myanmar pilot died on Tuesday after a "technical failure" caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in the center of the country, the army said
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