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China has accused Australia of "severely infringing" on its sovereignty, hitting back at claims of "unsafe and unprofessional" behaviour during an encounter between the two countries' air forces.
A “highly risky” flare drop by China near a Royal Australian Defence Force plane has been condemned by a senior Labor minister, a day after Australia lodged formal protest over the incident.
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CBS News on board as Chinese jets intercept Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships
China sent fighter jets to intercept a Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships breaching U.N. sanctions.
Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, Bangladesh’s top air force officer, announced last month that his country’s interim government had given an in-principle approval for the purchase of “multirole combat and attack aircraft” plus new surface-to-air missiles and long-range radars.
A new ranking of the world's air forces which "placed India third, behind only the US and Russian and ahead of China" has triggered discussions in the Indian media over the past week. While one of them called India's entry to the top three countries on the list "spectacular,
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to bar Chinese airlines from flying over Russian airspace on passenger and cargo routes to the United States, citing compliance requirements under a longstanding bilateral air transport agreement.
Air Force officials said the service’s futures organization, known as the A5/7, plans to create a new role of “Chief Modernization Officer,” which will be focused on strategy and force design, mission integration, capability development, and modernizing the service’s platforms.
The U.S. military deploys some of its most capable forces across the western Pacific, including F-35 stealth fighter jets and nuclear-powered submarines. It also has been rotating its bombers, including those that can conduct nuclear strikes, in the region.