October 14, 2012 Military Aviation News

Air Force delays sending F-22s from New Mexico to Tyndall

10/14/2012

The U.S. Air Force is delaying the planned transfer of F-22 fighters from a New Mexico base because of a defense spending freeze. Aircraft and personnel assigned to the 7th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base were scheduled to move to Tyndall Air Force Base next spring, bringing hundreds of jobs to Bay County. But without a final defense appropriation and authorization bill, operations have come to a stalemate.

Turkey sends in fighter jets to patrol Syrian border

10/14/2012

Turkey has scrambled fighter jets to its border with Syria for the first time since warning its neighbour that escalating tensions could lead to war. The Turkish jets fired no shots, but their response to a Syrian aircraft flying close to the frontier on Friday is being interpreted as a sign that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be prepared to enforce a de facto no-fly zone inside Syrian airspace.

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