Aviation News
Supporting U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the RQ-4A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) has surpassed 10,000 flight hours in December 2013.
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Thales ForceSHIELD air defense system, which comprises of the STARStreak short-range air defense missiles, CONTROLMaster200 radar and weapon coordination systems, RAPIDRanger mobile weapon systems and Lightweight Multiple Launchers, has been sold to Indonesia.
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A USN F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed approximately 45 miles off the Virginia Beach on Jan. 15. The pilot was recovered by a fishing vessel and later flown to hospital by a Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk.
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