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Urgent: Russia sends five planes to Beirut after port explosion -- media

Russia has dispatched five planes to Beirut to assist in evaluating the situation after two huge blasts rocked the Lebanese capital and left at least 73 people dead, local media reported on Wednesday

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Live-ammunition drill conducted to check air defense ability of Chinese

Alive-ammunitiondrillwasrecentlyconductedbythe71stArmyGroupoftheChinesePeople'sLiberationArmyonthebeachheadofftheYellowSeatocheckthecapabilityoftheirairdefenseo

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Indonesia develops R-80 plane to cope with domestic air transport growth

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,Aug.8(APD)—Indonesiahasdevelopedanationally-designedpassengerplaneinabidtocopewithdomesticairtransportrapidgrowth,reducingimportsonpa

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U.S. Air Force signs contract for 2 presidential aircraft

TheU.S.AirForce,whichhasbeenlookingforwaystolowerthecostofnewAirForceOneplanes,agreedFridaytobuytwojumbojetsfromBoeingthatwereorderedbutneverdeliveredtoanow-def

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Airbus signs deal to sell 140 planes to China

Airbus has signed an agreement to sell 140 planes to China, in a deal worth 22.8 billion US dollars.

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Indonesian president asks ministry to review aviation procedures after plane misses

​Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday asked the transport ministry to check whether all procedures and process in aviation are in line with those requested by the international civil aviation organization following the loss of an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board.

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Eight Russian military aircraft fly close to Norwegian airspace: report

​Eight Russian military planes including four Tupolev-95 bombers were seen flying on Wednesday over the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea close to Norwegian airspace, reported the Norwegian news agency NTB.