Aviation News
A U.S. Air Force Major died while undergoing military survival training at NAS Pensacola. The Air Force said Maj. Garrett Knowlan, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, was taking a course on how to survive in open water after parachuting.
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The second C-130, #4704, of the Philippine Air Force has return back to its home base at Villamor Air Base on Wednesday after completing Periodic Depot Maintenance at Mojave, California.
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS) has delivered a new railgun prototype to the U.S. Navy and successfully fired it.
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Myanmar has signed a deal with David J. Cundall to start excavation of several Spitfires buried in Myanmar by British forces during World War 2.
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AF-1 completed the first in-flight weapons release of a GBU-31 JDAM on Oct. 16.
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