Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) celebrated the carrier’s 30th year of service Mar. 13.
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USAF’s former F-35 program manager gets promoted
Lt. Gen. Charles R. Davis, who ran the F-35 program office from Jul. 2006 to May 2009, has been nominated for the post of Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
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KA-52 crashed during training flight, two killed
A Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter crashed during a training flight near Torzhok in Russia’s Tver Region on Tuesday, killing both crew on board.
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Libyan SA-24s are now deployed near Israel
SA-24 shoulder-launched missiles that were smuggle out of Libya have found their way to Syria, in the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
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USAF looking for manufacturer of G-suit in F-16 crash
The U.S. Air Force is trying to trace the origins of the G-suit worn by a F-16 pilot that crashed after he went into G-LOC.
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