Aviation News
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bob Duffney Jr. from the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division was recently awarded the Combat Action Badge for his actions taken while taking direct fire in Iraq nearly 20 years ago.
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A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Chu-SAM air defense missile unit has been spotted deployed at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa.
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Several sources have confirmed that Japan plans to place a small satellite constellation in low Earth orbit to track next-generation hypersonic missiles, the Ashahi Shimbun reports.
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Monessa “Siren’ Balzhiser, Lockheed Martin’s first female F-35 Production and Training Pilot, will soon be testing new F-16s as they are assembled in Greenville, South Carolina.
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The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Nov. 15 that the State Department has cleared a Foreign Military Sale of 72 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors to Switzerland.
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