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In less than two years time, the United States will be sending astronauts into space from Cape Canaveral and the 45th Space Wing and 920th Rescue Wing have started their preparations to deal with any emergency aborts.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Thacker
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According to Jane’s, China’s Hongdu delivered six K-8Ws to Venezuela Air Force’s Grupo Aéreo de Operaciones Especiales N 15 in late February.
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Last week, we reported that a AV-8B was badly damaged during takeoff from USS Kearsarge on Mar. 8. A spokesman from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has provided more details on the incident.
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By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC1 Gretchen Albrecht/U.S. Navy (USS Wasp conducts flight operations.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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In a release filed on Mar. 11, the U.S. Navy has placed an order for 12 UH-1Ys and 16 AH-1Zs for the Marine Corps. The contract is worth $461 million.
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Czech daily Lidove noviny says Prague is in talks to Hungary to form a joint Gripen squadron after similar talks with Slovak last year went nowhere.
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