The Saga Prefecture governor has agreed to let the central government deploy its new MV-22 Ospreys at Saga airport on Aug. 24.
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Duterte says U.S. offered to sell F-16
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says Washington had offered to sell the F-16 to Manila but he says the jets are “utterly useless.”
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MALD-X performs first flights
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), with Air Force Miniature Air Launch Decoy (MALD) Program Office, and Naval Air Warfare Center Point Mugu successfully completed a series of free flight demonstrations of the MALD-X on August 20 and 22.
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Japan’s first female fighter pilot
2Lt. Misa Matsashima has entered history books as the first woman fighter pilot for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Photo: JASDF
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Jordanian fighter pilot killed in Texas helicopter crash
1st Lt. Ahmed Ali Mohammed Khalif al-Khawaldeh from Jordan was killed when the Hughes H369FF helicopter he was flying in crashed in Texas on Aug. 21.
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