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Minutes of a meeting by the U.K. Defence Ranges Safety Committee revealed that British F-35s are not allowed to use the on board laser designator outside the United States.
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Plans by the Israeli government to buy a commercial airline and covert it into a VVIP jet is progressing well and news media in Israel say the aircraft will be delivered next year.
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The F-35 has shot down its first aerial target with a AIM-9X missiles on Jul. 28 off the coast of California.
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Russian Su-34 fighter bombers will soon be installed with a new electronic intelligence gathering system dubbed UKR-RT.
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After arriving at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan in January next year, VMFA-121 will prepare for the F-35B’s first at sea deployment in 2018 aboard Sasebo-based USS Bonhomme Richard.
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