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Northrop Grumman’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) has completed 3,000 missions flying aboard the E-11A Bombardier Global Express BD-700 aircraft in support of overseas contingency missions.
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The investigation into the fatal crash of a RBAF Bell 212 helicopter found that the pilot had carried out an “unauthorized low-level flying.”
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A USMC F/A-18C from VMFA-323 crashed in a remote range area of the Fallon Range Training Complex on Sept. 1. The pilot ejected safely.
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There are worries by certain members of the Swedish ruling coalition parties that the Gripen E/F development could take away a large part of the defense budget.
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