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First F-35 airborne weapons separation test
F-35B test aircraft BF-3 has completed the first airborne weapons separation test for the JSF program. Flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, BF-3 executed an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range .
Lockheed Martin/Andy Wolfe
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Japan’s defense minister flew in the V-22
Japan’s Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto flew in a V-22 on Friday afternoon during his trip to the United States.
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Photo link: USMC F/A-18 makes emergency landing on Midway
A Marine Corps F-18 fighter flying from Honolulu back to Iwakuni, Japan, made an emergency landing on Midway atoll early Thursday.
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Bogdan replaces Venlet as JSF program manager
The Pentagon has nominated Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan as the next director of the Joint Strike Fighter program and he will be promoted to Lt. Gen.
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