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F/A-18Es assigned to CVW-8 are now operating aboard USS Gerald R. Ford with inert ordnance. The ship’s captain, Capt. J.J. Cummings, said 40,000 pounds of inert weapons were moved via the ship’s lower stage weapons elevator (LSWE).
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Sailors assigned to VFA-213 had to depart from USS Gerald R. Ford on May 27 after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. More than 100 of them went aboard the ship a day earlier, the infected sailor was not among them, however, the person did have contact with squadron mates.
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card / Public domain
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.
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 wants to replace its American-made close-in weapon system (CIWS) for its warships by 2030.
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대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces / CC BY-SA
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