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U.S. President Obama’s nominee for the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in writing that the total number of F-35 to be bought by the three services is under review.
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An airworthy Spitfire Mark I has been auctioned off for £3.1 million. Proceeds will go to the RAF Benevolent Fund and Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit.
Over the course of four days, an Iranian-flagged vessel targeted a United States Navy destroyer and its helicopter with a laser.
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India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar formally inducted the indigenous Akash air defense system into the Indian Air Force at Gwalior on Jul. 10.
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Contaminants got mixed with the topcoat of British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and the ship has to get a fresh coast of paint to prevent corrosion in the future.
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