Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16 million contract to supply five Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods and other related equipment to the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
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Day: June 7, 2013
YouTube: Naval Strike Missile blows up ex-HNoMS Trondheim
The Royal Norwegian Navy fired a Naval Strike Missile armed with a live warhead on Jun. 5 against decommissioned Oslo class frigate HNoMS Trondheim.
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Sudanese military helicopter crashed
Two Sudanese air force crew died on Thursday when their helicopter crashed in the country’s south after hitting a power pole.
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132nd Fighter Wing starts transition to MQ-9
The Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Fighter Wing will soon transfer its F-16s out and start the transition to MQ-9. It will also be renamed as the 132nd Attack Wing.
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TW-2 marks 700,000 flight hours in T-45
Training Air Wing TWO (TW-2) at NAS Kingsville marked its 700,000th training hour in the T-45 ‘Goshawk’ aircraft May 31.
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