NAVAIR has awarded a $435 million cost-plus-incentive contract to Sikorsky to build four production-representative CH-53K.
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U.K. test pilot completes first F-35B vertical landing
Royal Air Force Squadron Leader James Schofield completed the first F-35B vertical landing by a United Kingdom military test pilot May 28.
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F-35’s IOC dates
The Pentagon has submitted new initial operational capability (IOC) dates of the F-35 to Congress.
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CO of VMM-163 clocks 2,000 hours
Lt. Col. Eric Garcia, commanding officer of VMM-163, recently became the third Marine V-22 pilot to clock 2,000 hours.
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U.S. military to investigate attack on Camp Bastion
The U.S. Central Command has ordered a probe into the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan last year.
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