Speed & Angels Productions will premier its F-14 documentary, Tomcat Tales, next month. The film’s director Mark Vizcarra flew the Tomcat as a naval aviator.
Category: Navy
Taiwan’s deputy defense minister confirms decision to acquire coastal Harpoon missiles
Taiwan’s deputy defense minister Chang Zhe-Ping has confirm to legislators that Taipei has decided to acquire the coastal road-mobile variant of the Boeing Harpoon Block II missile.
South Korea to have indigenous CIWS by 2030
South Korea wants to replace its American-made close-in weapon system (CIWS) for its warships by 2030.
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Medal of Honor sought for pilot who shot down 4 Soviet MiGs in a single dogfight
A campaign is ongoing to have the Medal of Honor awarded to a former U.S. Navy F9F-5 Panther pilot who defended his aircraft carrier from an attack by seven Soviet MiG-15s on Nov. 18, 1952.
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U.S. Navy’s videos of unsafe intercept of P-8A by Russian Su-35s
A U.S. Navy P-8A flying in the Eastern Mediterranean on May 26 was intercepted by two Russian Su-35 fighters. The intercept was deemed unsafe by the Americans as the two fighters were flying close underneath the wings of the maritime patrol aircraft.
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