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The U.S. government has initiated civil forfeiture proceedings against a Gulfstream G550 owned by Deer Jet Beijing, alleging it flew to Iran in December 2024 and remained there for six days in violation of export controls. Authorities seized the aircraft at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport on May 24.
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The U.S. government has initiated civil forfeiture proceedings against a Gulfstream G550 owned by Deer Jet Beijing, alleging it flew to Iran in December 2024 and remained there for six days in violation of export controls. Authorities seized the aircraft at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport on May 24.
Ukraine’s demand for optical fiber used in fiber-optic drones is competing with Russian buyers and the fast-growing needs of AI data centers for Chinese supply. The squeeze highlights a supply constraint linking battlefield drone production to demand from the wider technology sector.
Yemenia is flying its four remaining A320-200s to airports including Cairo, Jeddah and Amman each night, chairman Nasser Mahmoud Mohammed says, citing security concerns in Aden. The move shifts the carrier’s aircraft outside Yemen as fighting has renewed, though the report does not detail any change to its flight schedule.
Two Spanish NH90 helicopters took off from Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base on Nov. 5 after unidentified drones were detected near Romania’s Black Sea coast, NATO’s Allied Air Command said. The launch was the first live Alpha Scramble by a Spanish helicopter deployed on an international NATO mission.
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At least a dozen U.S. refueling aircraft and other planes departed RAF Mildenhall on Nov. 9 as security was tightened at the nearby RAF Lakenheath, which hosts U.S. fighter squadrons. The move follows an earlier withdrawal of bombers from RAF Fairford after an Iran-linked security incident; the reasons for the latest departures remain unclear.
The US military evacuated aircraft from RAF Mildenhall on Monday after a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The move follows the withdrawal of US bombers from RAF Fairford weeks earlier over a suspected Iran-linked security incident.
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