Aviation News
NORAD is bringing Raytheon’s JLENS platform to the Washington D.C. area by Sept. 30. Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for NORAD, said: “We’re trying to determine how the surveillance radar information from the JLENS platforms can be integrated with existing systems in the National Capital Region.”
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A Dutch Patriot missile battery based in the Turkish city of Adana became operational over the weekend. Five more units from U.S. and Germany are expected to be online in the next few days.
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NATO said Patriot batteries in Turkey will be activated this week.
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The British Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry has completed his deployment to Afghanistan as a Apache helicopter pilot and is returning home.
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