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The French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) conducted its first missions against ISIL from the Arabian Gulf as the flagship for Commander Task Force (CTF) 50 on Dec. 20.
Photo: French Navy
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Germany has started plans for a new fighter jet to replace the Panavia Tornado, Reuters reports. At this stage it is still unclear whether the new jet would be manned or unmanned.
By Philipp Hayer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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On Feb. 20, 1969 near Duc Lap, Vietnam, the crew of a UH-1P assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron flew a dangerous mission that saved a six-man Army long-range reconnaissance patrol. The pilots were later given the Silver Star but clerical errors and lost paperwork resulted in the crew chiefs not getting their Silver Stars until Dec. 17 this year.
A former U.S. National Security Adviser revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has bought Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to support its military operations in Yemen.
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