HMS Illustrious sails from Portsmouth on Friday for eight weeks of arduous cold weather training north of the Arctic Circle.
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Pentagon push back purchase of 24 V-22s
The Pentagon will delay the purchase of 24 V-22s till after fiscal 2017. The plan to buy 122 aircraft remains the same.
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Ramstein to host NATO’s missile shield command
NATO’s missile shield command center will be in Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, a NATO spokesman said on Thursday.
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Production of Distributed Targeting System started
Boeing announced that it has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F. DTS is on schedule to achieve Initial Operational Capability in January 2013.
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Photo: Kim Jong-un inspects MiG-29 unit
Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 31 released photos showing Kim Jong-un inspecting a MiG-29 unit.