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Turkey questions series of air incidents after Libyan jet crash Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Wed, 12/24/2025 – 12:23 A
The deal was supposed to reshape the Middle East. Israel would normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, paving the way for ties with the wider Muslim world. In exchange, the Saudis would get a US security package that includes F-35 stealth fighter jets – fifth-generation aircraft that would cement Riyadh’s relationship with Washington as it opened …
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Turkey may drop US F-16 purchase in favour of acquiring jet engines Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Wed, 09/24/2025 –
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russian incursions over Estonia’s airspace, Estonian and UN officials said Sunday. Estonia requested the emergency meeting after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered its airspace over the Gulf of Finland without permission on Friday. The jets remained for 12 minutes before being …
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Qatar would have been forgiven for thinking it was immune from Israeli attack. The tiny Gulf state is a key US ally that welcomed President Donald Trump just four months ago; red carpets were laid, billion-dollar deals were done and a controversial presidential aircraft bequeathed. As for its role as mediator to end the war …
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President Donald Trump told reporters last month the donated Qatari jet could be ready for his use as Air Force One in February 2026, well ahead of the long-delayed delivery of two presidential planes from Boeing through a more traditional acquisition process. “They say February,” Trump said in late July, when asked by a reporter …
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(AP) – A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in northern Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 16 people, including its pilot, and injuring dozens, officials and local media said. According to the military and a fire official, the Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone …
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CNN — Ethics watchdogs rarely mince words about President Donald Trump. They’ve called him the most corrupt and conflicted president in US history. And since he returned to the White House, they’ve watched with horror as he privately dined with wealthy investors for his personal memecoin fund, brazenly accepted a $400 million luxury airplane from …
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CNN — Ukraine has claimed it shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in the Black Sea using a seaborne drone for the first time. “This is the first time in the world that a combat aircraft has been destroyed by a marine drone,” the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said in a statement on Saturday, …
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CNN — Two US Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea on Saturday in an apparent friendly fire incident, US Central Command said in a statement. The pilots were recovered, and one of the crew members sustained minor injuries, according to initial assessments. The aircraft, an F/A-18, …
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