A Turkish F-4 fighter was shot down by Syria on Friday and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Syrian authorities have apologized.
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Month: June 2012
Second-generation MV-22 Osprey pilot
1st Lt. Jerrod Hammes from the U.S. Marine Corps is the first second-generation MV-22 pilot. His father, Gerald Hammes, was the second Marine to pilot the V-22 prototype in 1990.
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B-52s took part in maritime exercise in Baltic Sea
Two B-52 bombers flew from Barksdale Air Force Base to the Baltic Sea on Jun. 10 to support Exercise BALTOPS 2012, a multinational maritime exercise.
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MV Alaed to dock on Saturday
MV Alaed, which is carrying three Mi-25 helicopters to Syria, will dock in the north Russian port of Murmansk on Saturday.
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MV-22 low-level training routes in Japan revealed
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to fly the MV-22 from Okinawa to six different training routes. Two will take place over the Tohoku region while the other four are over Shinetsu, Shikoku, Kyushu and the Amami island chain.
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