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Dec- 2017 -10 December
Qatar signs £6 billion deal with UK for 24 Typhoon fighter jets, missiles and bombs
Qatar signed a contract with the UK to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter jets, Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Paveway IV bombs
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8 December
Pakistan Air Force ordered to shoot down foreign UAVs, including US drones
Pakistan's Air Force chief said he ordered the service to shoot down foreign drones in Pakistani airspace, including UAVs operated by the United States.
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8 December
Pakistan’s US-made AH-1Z Viper helicopters to be fitted with General Dynamics gun turrets
Pakistan's US-made AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters on order from Bell Textron will have General DynamicsA/A49E-7 (V4) gun turrets fitted
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8 December
US airstrikes kill 5 al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s al-Bayda – Pentagon
U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen killed five al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants in the al-Bayda governorate, the Department of Defense said on Friday.
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8 December
US Air Force orders laser small diameter bombs from Boeing
Boeing has been awarded a $10.5 million contract to produce Laser Small Diameter Bombs for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of Defense said
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6 December
Israel says Adir F-35 stealth fighter jets operational
Israel's military declared its Adir F-35 stealth fighters operational, making it the first country outside the U.S. to put the jets into service
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6 December
Russian Su-57 fifth generation stealthy fighter flies with new engine
Russia's new stealthy fifth generation Su-57 fighter flew for 17 minutes with a new engine slated to be the production model on December 5
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6 December
India declares successful launch of Akash surface-to-air missile
India's Defence Research & Development Organisation declared as successful a launch of its Akash surface-to-air missile fitted with an indigenous seeker
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5 December
First 6 Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopter pilots graduate training
The first six Afghan Air Force pilots qualified to pilot the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter graduated from Aircraft Qualification Training in November
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4 December
US, South Korea begin largest-ever joint air drill
The U.S. and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labelled an "all-out provocation," days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile.
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