January 12, 2017
In his first press conference since winning election, President-elect Donald Trump again leveled criticism at the F-35's "tremendous cost and cost overruns."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/01/11/trump-mccain-take-aim-at-f-35-program/?utm_term=.4b60af176fcc
China has taken delivery of its first four Su-35 fighters, in what many have suggested will likely be the last batch of aircraft that China purchases from Russia.
http://www.defensenews.com/articles/china-receives-first-advanced-su-35-flankers-from-russia
Russian officials claim to have developed a new IFF (identify friend or foe) system for the prototype PAK-FA stealth fighter, that will allow the aircraft to retain its low observable characteristics while also identifying itself to friendly aircraft.
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201701111049464487-russia-stealth-recognition-system/
Japan and South Korea scrambled fighters after eight Chinese warplanes - including six H-6 bombers - flew across the Korean Strait which separates Japan from Korea.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2060823/japan-and-south-korea-scramble-fighter-jets-8-chinese
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3028512&cloc=joongangdaily%7Chome%7Ctop
The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed its F-35 stealth fighters overseas for the first time, with the dispatch of aircraft from VMFA-121 to Japan.
https://www.stripes.com/news/f-35b-stealth-fighters-head-to-japan-for-first-overseas-mission-1.448321
Russian aircraft have reportedly staged air strikes in northern Syria in support of a Turkish offensive against ISIS, marking the latest attempt at mending relations between the two governments. Russian-Turkish relations have been strained since a Turkish fighter shot down a Russian strike aircraft flying out of Syria that had strayed into Turkish air space in November 2015.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/08/us/politics/russia-turkey-syria-airstrikes-isis.html?_r=0
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