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Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane Japan scrambled fighter jets Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.

06 January 2013

Iranian jets fired on US drone in Gulf: Pentagon The Pentagon revealed Thursday that two Iranian fighter jets fired on an unarmed US Predator drone in the Gulf last week but the aircraft was not hit, in an incident that underscored tensions in the region.

10 November 2012

First solely-biofuel jet flight raises clean travel hopes The world's first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel has raised hopes for cleaner air travel and upped the prospects of a boon for farmers whose oilseed crops could supplant kerosene.

08 November 2012

Bulgaria plans to acquire new fighter jets in 2014 Bulgaria will seek to acquire eight new or used fighter jets for its air force in 2014, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov said Friday.

27 October 2012