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German Fighter Jets En Route To Australia For Joint Exercises
Germany is sending 13 military aircraft to joint exercises in Australia, the air force's largest peacetime deployment, underlining Berlin's increased focus on the Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions with China in the region.
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Germany To Declare South Africa Virus Variant Area As Cases Hit New Record
Amid concerns over the new Covid strain and record cases in the country, the German air force will, for the first time in the pandemic, fly severely ill COVID-19 patients to other parts of the country to unburden struggling hospitals.
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German Nationals, Stranded For 2 Days In Himachal, Rescued By Air Force
Two German nationals, who were stuck in a blizzard for two days in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti district, were rescued today by the Indian Air Force, reported news agency ANI.
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Lockheed To Work With US In Bid To Sell F-35s To Germany
Lockheed Martin Corp will work with the U.S. government as it talks to Germany about a replacement for its Tornado fighter jets, its chief executive said on Thursday, adding she believed Lockheed's F-35 would be the "best choice" for Berlin.
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German Fighter Jets Help Korean Plane Make Emergency Landing
2 German air force jets were deployed late Saturday to escort and help a Korean plane land in Stuttgart after it lost contact with air traffic controllers.
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Germany Asks US For Classified Briefing On Lockheed's F-35 Fighter Jet: Report
The German Air Force this month sent the US military a written request for classified data on the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet as it gears up to replace its current fleet of fighter jets from 2025 to 2035.
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Jet Airways Plane Escorted By German Air Force After Going Silent Mid-Air
A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German air space, prompting the Air Force to scramble the fighter jets to escort the Boeing ...
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Taliban Attack On German Consulate In Afghanistan Kills 6
The death toll from a powerful Taliban truck bombing at the German consulate in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least six Friday, with more than 100 others wounded in a major terrorist assault.
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German Air Force Grounds Tornado Jets 'Over Loose Screws'
The German military on Friday said it had grounded nearly half its fleet of Tornado reconnaissance jets, used in the fight against the ISIS, because of a technical defect.
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2 US Air Base Employees Guilty of German Sexual Assault
Two American men working at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany sexually assaulted a German teenager in 2013, a US district court jury ruled on Thursday.
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Air India's Mental Health Test for Pilots Runs into Trouble
In the wake of the horrific German Wings plane crash in which 149 people died, Air India revamped its recruitment process for pilots to include evaluation of mental health. But the process has run into trouble, with the rejected candidates calling the system flawed and unscientific.
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London Show Highlights Role of Air Power in First World War
Allied and German planes hang side by side in a show opening in London today that charts World War I's role in advancing aviation, and spotlights the work of the staff behind the scenes.
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eBay Rejects Auction of Nazi Chief's Car
Auction website eBay has refused to list a World War II-era Mercedes Benz once owned Hermann Goering, a Nazi leader who commanded the German air force, citing a policy prohibiting the sale of offensive items.
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Intruder breaks into German chancellor Angela Merkel's jet
An intruder managed to break into German Chancellor Angela Merkel's jet at Cologne Airport for several hours last month, playing around with buttons in the cockpit, activating the escape slide and using fire extinguishers before police put an end to his escapades.
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German World War II era bomber recovered from under sea
Experts from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum had spent five weeks preparing to lift the aircraft, which is believed to be the only Dornier Do-17 bomber plane left from the war.
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German Fighter Jets En Route To Australia For Joint Exercises
Germany is sending 13 military aircraft to joint exercises in Australia, the air force's largest peacetime deployment, underlining Berlin's increased focus on the Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions with China in the region.
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Germany To Declare South Africa Virus Variant Area As Cases Hit New Record
Amid concerns over the new Covid strain and record cases in the country, the German air force will, for the first time in the pandemic, fly severely ill COVID-19 patients to other parts of the country to unburden struggling hospitals.
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German Nationals, Stranded For 2 Days In Himachal, Rescued By Air Force
Two German nationals, who were stuck in a blizzard for two days in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti district, were rescued today by the Indian Air Force, reported news agency ANI.
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Lockheed To Work With US In Bid To Sell F-35s To Germany
Lockheed Martin Corp will work with the U.S. government as it talks to Germany about a replacement for its Tornado fighter jets, its chief executive said on Thursday, adding she believed Lockheed's F-35 would be the "best choice" for Berlin.
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German Fighter Jets Help Korean Plane Make Emergency Landing
2 German air force jets were deployed late Saturday to escort and help a Korean plane land in Stuttgart after it lost contact with air traffic controllers.
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Germany Asks US For Classified Briefing On Lockheed's F-35 Fighter Jet: Report
The German Air Force this month sent the US military a written request for classified data on the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet as it gears up to replace its current fleet of fighter jets from 2025 to 2035.
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Jet Airways Plane Escorted By German Air Force After Going Silent Mid-Air
A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German air space, prompting the Air Force to scramble the fighter jets to escort the Boeing ...
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Taliban Attack On German Consulate In Afghanistan Kills 6
The death toll from a powerful Taliban truck bombing at the German consulate in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least six Friday, with more than 100 others wounded in a major terrorist assault.
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German Air Force Grounds Tornado Jets 'Over Loose Screws'
The German military on Friday said it had grounded nearly half its fleet of Tornado reconnaissance jets, used in the fight against the ISIS, because of a technical defect.
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2 US Air Base Employees Guilty of German Sexual Assault
Two American men working at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany sexually assaulted a German teenager in 2013, a US district court jury ruled on Thursday.
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Air India's Mental Health Test for Pilots Runs into Trouble
In the wake of the horrific German Wings plane crash in which 149 people died, Air India revamped its recruitment process for pilots to include evaluation of mental health. But the process has run into trouble, with the rejected candidates calling the system flawed and unscientific.
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London Show Highlights Role of Air Power in First World War
Allied and German planes hang side by side in a show opening in London today that charts World War I's role in advancing aviation, and spotlights the work of the staff behind the scenes.
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eBay Rejects Auction of Nazi Chief's Car
Auction website eBay has refused to list a World War II-era Mercedes Benz once owned Hermann Goering, a Nazi leader who commanded the German air force, citing a policy prohibiting the sale of offensive items.
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Intruder breaks into German chancellor Angela Merkel's jet
An intruder managed to break into German Chancellor Angela Merkel's jet at Cologne Airport for several hours last month, playing around with buttons in the cockpit, activating the escape slide and using fire extinguishers before police put an end to his escapades.
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German World War II era bomber recovered from under sea
Experts from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum had spent five weeks preparing to lift the aircraft, which is believed to be the only Dornier Do-17 bomber plane left from the war.
