More than 30 U.S. military veterans have claimed that Agent Orange was buried at MCAS Futenma, Japan.
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First asymmetric weapons load test for F-35B
F-35B, BF-2, completed the first asymmetric weapons load test flight on Jun. 14 with an AIM-9X Sidewinder inert missile on the starboard pylon, a centerline 25 mm gun pod, and a GBU-32 and AIM-120 in the starboard weapon bay.
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LM: “Volume will ultimately drive the affordability of (F-35) program”
Lockheed Martin’s Chief Operating Officer Chris Kubasik told reporters on Tuesday that bigger order volumes for the F-35 is the only way to make the jet affordable.
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Pentagon: No change V-22 deployment to Japan
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Friday that plans to deploy MV-22s at the Futenma, Japan is still going ahead.
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Japan suspends deployment of V-22
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said at a press conference Thursday that Tokyo will
“will take no further action [on the Osprey deployment] unless details [of the CV-22 crash] are shared.”
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