## US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says

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The US has acquired 81 obsolete Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, the Kyiv Post reported.

Kazakhstan, which is upgrading its air fleet, auctioned off 117 Soviet-era fighter and bomber aircraft, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter bombers, MiG-29 fighters, and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s.

The declared sale value was one billion Kazakhstani tenge, said the Post, or $2.26 million, equalling an average value for each plane of $19,300.

The US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes, said the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA, per the Post.

Derived from the MiG-23, the MiG-27 was a ground-attack aircraft and saw action in conflicts like the Soviet-Afghan War.

Correction: April 28, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated the currency conversion rate of the Kazakhstani tenge to the dollar. »

### Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden. But he keeps bringing up another Democrat: Jimmy Carter

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ATLANTA – As Donald Trump campaigns for a return to the White House, he often reaches back more than 40 years and seven administrations to belittle President Joe Biden by comparing him to 99-year-old Jimmy Carter.

“Jimmy Carter is happy,” Trump continued about the two Democrats, “because he had a brilliant presidency compared to Biden.”.

After Carter suggested Russian propaganda helped elect Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, Trump began to insult Carter as a failure. »

### With new investor, The Sports Bra makes plans to franchise women's sports focused bar

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With new investor, The Sports Bra makes plans to franchise women's sports focused bar.

The Sports Bra, the first-of-its-kind sports bar that focuses on women's sports in Portland, Oregon, announced that it received a major investment and that it planned to franchise and expand.

"Y’all in two years have already done that here, and you think of how that starts to spread.". »

### American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby

Authored by bbc.co.uk

For example, on one occasion, airport staff did not have transport ready for her inside the terminal as they were expecting a baby who could be carried.

The glitch the BBC witnessed happened when Patricia was flying between Chicago and Marquette, Michigan - a flight this reporter was also travelling on.

American Airlines has not responded to a request for comment. »

### Two killed, one injured as 350,000-pound load detaches from trailer in Temple, Texas

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Authorities are investigating after an oversized load came off its trailer, causing the death of two people and leaving one person injured Saturday morning in Temple, Texas.

The Temple Fire and Rescue said crews responded to a motor vehicle collision on state Highway 36, just west of Highway 317.

When officials arrived, they found an oversized load had come off its trailer, pinning a vehicle beneath. »

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