Aviation News
For the first time, the U.S. Marine Corps has conducted a cross-training exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) that saw Marine air traffic controllers guide JMSDF helicopter pilots to perform landings on a simulated austere runway.
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Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, the commander of Naval Air Forces, announced on a blog post that he has extended the operational pause of the T-45 fleet by at least another week.
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By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (165471/A-128 T-45C TW-1 / VT-9) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Australian government has decided that a National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) solution is the best for its Land 19 Phase 7B project.
By Soldatnytt from Oslo, Norway (Øvelse Seapie (17 of 17)) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force will bring five of its RQ-4s from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam to Yokota Air Base, Japan from May.
By John Schwab [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Intercept has put together a comprehensive article on the U.S. Navy EP-3E (BuNo 156511) collision with a Chinese J-8 fighter off Hainan island on Apr. 1, 2001.
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By SDASM Archives (VP-30 LL-30 -2 WEB) [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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