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GENERAL

Boeing to cut workforce by 10% as strike eats into reserves

Bloomberg News, Published on 12/10/2024

» BERLIN - Boeing Company plans to slash its global workforce by about 10% and announced US$5 billion in charges across its commercial airplanes and defense businesses, underscoring the depths of the plane maker's financial woes amid a crippling labour strike.

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WORLD

Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Published on 23/09/2024

» Japan's Defense Ministry said Monday that a Russian military aircraft violated the country's airspace three times, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever, with Tokyo lodging an "extremely stern protest" with Moscow.

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WORLD

Philippines seeks offers in procurement of 40 multi-role fighter jets

Reuters, Published on 29/08/2024

» MANILA - The Philippines has started soliciting offers as it plans to procure 40 new multi-role fighter aircraft to boost its territorial defence, the defence minister said on Thursday.

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THAILAND

Air force chooses Gripen jets from Sweden

Wassana Nanuam, Published on 27/08/2024

» The Royal Thai Air Force said on Tuesday that it has chosen to acquire Gripen fighter jets from Sweden over US-made F-16s.

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THAILAND

Air force to name fighter jet pick this week

News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 27/08/2024

» The Royal Thai Air Force will officially announce which fighter jet model it will purchase to refresh its ageing fleet by the end of the week, according to RTAF commander ACM Panpakdee Pattanakul on Monday.

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WORLD

Japan accuses China military of airspace violation for 1st time

Kyodo News, Published on 27/08/2024

» KYODO - Japan's Defence Ministry on Monday confirmed for the first time that a plane belonging to the Chinese military violated Japanese airspace, in the latest development that could fuel tensions between the two countries following repeated maritime provocations by China.

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WORLD

Japan scrambles fighter jets after Chinese military plane incursion

Published on 26/08/2024

» Japan scrambled fighter jets to warn off a Chinese military aircraft that briefly entered Japanese territorial airspace on Monday, in what domestic media said was the first incursion of its kind. 

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WORLD

Manila accuses China of more ‘provocative’ actions

Published on 24/08/2024

» MANILA - The Philippines on Saturday called on Beijing to “immediately cease all provocative and dangerous actions” after accusing it of “unjustifiably” deploying flares from the China-occupied Subi Reef while a Philippine aircraft was conducting patrols over the South China Sea.

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THAILAND

US, Sweden given extension on jet fighter offers

Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/08/2024

» The Defence Ministry has extended the deadline for the US and Sweden to make their final proposals as they compete to sell the air force a new squadron of jet fighters, until next Tuesday.

THAILAND

Budget slashed by B500m

News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 10/08/2024

» The armed forces' budget for the next fiscal year has been reduced by more than 500 million baht by the parliamentary committee responsible for vetting the budget expenditure bill.