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Vice Adm. David Venlet told three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s air-land panel that current problems with the F-35 is not something engineering cannot fix.
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The KC-46 Tanker program has completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with the U.S. Air Force and is cleared for detail design.
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According to media reports from Taiwan, some military leaders are suggesting that the island abandons its efforts to buy new F-16s save the funds for the F-35B.
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Exercise Max Thunder has started on Monday in South Korea with 60 military aircraft taking part. This year is the biggest since the exercise was introduced in 2008 as a biannual event.
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India boast that it has developed a missile defense shield that can be deployed at short notice to protect two cities at the same time.
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