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An official from the Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has confirmed to Jane’s that Manila is taking a close look at the TAI T129 attack helicopter for its combat utility helicopter (CUH) program.
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The U.S. Marine Corps has completed the expansion of a simulated Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) flight deck at Iejima Auxiliary Airfield, Okinawa, Japan and will commence training exercises using the F-35B and CH-53 there starting from next month.
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The Japanese government is close to buying Mageshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture and will convert it into an airfield for U.S. Navy pilots to carry out Field Carrier Landing Practice.
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Taiwan’s Defense Minister Yen Teh-fa has confirmed that the military intends to push for the purchase of more F-16s to replace its aging F-5s.
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It has emerged that the former commander of the 69th Bomb Squadron, Lt. Col. Paul Goossen, was removed from his post after penis drawings were discovered on a moving map software inside the B-52’s cockpits.
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