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US military jets flying on Iranian fuel?Fuel made from Iranian oil is legally powering thousands of flights a year out of Dubai's booming airport, despite US pressure on buyers to shun Tehran's petroleum exports. It may even fue More… |
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Dreamliners set to fly in a week as battery problem fixedBoeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion batteries on five grounded 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week. More… |
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Syrian jet flies into Lebanon, fires missileA Syrian jet flew 20 km into Lebanon and fired a missile into a field on the outskirts of the border town of Arsal on Wednesday but caused no casualties, witnesses said. Lebanon has maintained a policy of "dissociation" More… |
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Japan says scrambled jets after Russian intrusionTwo Russian fighter jets briefly entered Japan's air space near the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, prompting Japan to scramble combat fighters and lodge a protest, Japan's Foreign Ministry said. It was the first More… |
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Two Japanese airlines ground all Boeing 787sJapan's two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, heightening safety concerns over a plane many see as the future of commerc More… |
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Saudi air force not behind attack on QaedaSaudi Arabian fighter jets have not attacked al Qaeda targets in Yemen, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Saturday, denying a newspaper report that some strikes attributed to US drones were made instead by the kingdom's air forc More… |
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Turkey scrambles jets as Syria bombs border townSyrian government forces bombed rebel positions in the frontier town of Ras al-Ain on Monday, killing at least 12 people according to opposition activists, and prompting Turkey to scramble fighter jets along the border. The Syrian More… |
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Syrian jets bomb rebel targets, flights suspendedSyrian air force jets bombarded rebel targets on Friday close to the Damascus airport road and a regional airline said foreign carriers had halted flights to the capital. Activists said security forces clashed with rebels trying t More… |
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Emirates may replace 777 fleet with new modelEmirates will consider replacing its planned fleet of 175 Boeing 777s with a new version of the plane if it meets all the airline's needs, the president of the Dubai-based carrier said on Thursday. The comment by Boeing's bigges More… |
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Iraq to buy 18 US F-16 fightersIraq has signed a contract to buy its second set of 18 US-made F-16 fighters, part of an initial agreement to purchase 36 of the jets to rebuild its air force, Iraq's acting defence minister said on Thursday. Baghdad signed an More… |
