Aviation News
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) was named the top aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Fleet in the 2011 Commander Naval Air Force Aircraft Carrier Battle Efficiency and Departmental Awards program, Feb. 10.
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In a bid to shorten the command chain and increase response time, Taiwan will consolidate its mid- and high-altitude air-defense missile units and anti-missile operations into a single command.
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Six Royal Australian Air Force Super Hornets and a Wedgetail have arrived at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, to participate in Exercise COPE NORTH.
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This is the flight test crew from EADS that flew the A330 Voyager (MRTT016) to Changi for the Singapore Airshow.
Israel will stop buying the Iron Dome anti-missile battery and halt development of the David Sling due to budget constraints.
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