Aviation News
The Royal Canadian Air Force has to wait till 2013 to shop for a replacement of their C-115 Buffalos as the Harper government has delayed the program till Spring 2013.
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Vice Admiral David Venlet, program manager for the F-35, revealed that the United Kingdom is again interested in the F-35B.
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The MQ-8B Fire Scout on board USS Simpson has flown its first solo mission on Mar. 7. This is the first time the Fire Scout has gone to sea on board a Navy ship without a manned helicopter accompanying.
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VMM-165 tested the Interim Defensive Weapon System during a training exercise at MCAS Yuma’s Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. This is the first time the weapon is fired on a West Coast installation.
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Four major U.S. military bases in Japan — Yokosuka Naval Base, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Camp Zama and Yokota Air Base — are sitting atop earthquake fault lines.
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