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A Boeing 747-8I with registration B-2479 operated by the 34th division of People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has arrived in Hainan today. It is rumored that the commissioning ceremony for the country’s second aircraft carrier will take place this evening. The warship is expected to be named Hunan.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation has developed an unmanned platform that flew a 2 1/2-day continuous flight demonstration from Dec. 9 to Dec 11 at Dugway Proving Ground.
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The fiscal 2020 defense budget for the United States is expected to include funds to buy 22 F-5 jets from Switzerland.
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Two B-1B bombers assigned to Dyess Air Force Base were deployed to NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base for a Bomber Agile Combat Employment exercise from Dec. 10-12.
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