Aviation News
Taiwan’s Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan said China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning will eventually venture out to the second island chain in the Pacific Ocean.
By DoD (Image:China Report 2006.pdf) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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While the world was fixated over the French election, the X-37B fired its thrusters to deorbit and land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7.
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U.S. Air Force courtesy photo
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Three airmen completed undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training on May 5 and made history by becoming the first group of enlisted men to serve as pilots in the U.S. Air Force since World War 2.
U.S. Air Force illustration/Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young
Ingalls Shipbuilding launched the second ship in the America-class of amphibious assault ship on May 4. PCU Tripoli was launched 13 weeks ahead of schedule.
Kyodo News says Tokyo is considering getting the American Tomahawk cruise missile for its destroyers.
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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