Headlines of: Saturday 7 April, 2007
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Sat Apr 7th, 2007 | AFPN

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFNEWS) -- Aircrews and six B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, arrived here April 1 seeking refuge from Typhoon Kong-Rey, which ripped through the Western Pacific April 2.
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Sat Apr 7th, 2007 | airforcetimes.com

TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. are close to finalizing plans to conduct the first joint exercise in mid-April involving F-22A Raptor stealth fighters temporarily deployed in Okinawa, a senior Defense Ministry official said April 6.
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Sat Apr 7th, 2007 | thelocal.se

The Swedish government has said that it wants to upgrade 31 old Jas Gripen planes to bring them up to the same standard as later models. The cost of the project is estimated at 4.1 billion kronor ($577 million).