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Pentagon orders 78 F-35s

Posted on April 2, 2020 by alert5

The Pentagon has placed an order worth $4.7 billion with Lockheed Martin for 78 F-35 fighters.

JOTT, F-35 Five Ship behind tanker, 1 F-35C, 2 F-35B, & 2 F-35A, Edwards AFB, Ca., 20 September 2019

Photo: Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin
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Sailors from USS Theodore Roosevelt will be quarantined in Guam hotels

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by alert5

Sailors serving aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be quarantined in hotel rooms in Guam.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin Clayton / Public domain

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COVID 19 spreading aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt; ship’s captain pleads for help

Posted on April 1, 2020March 31, 2020 by alert5

A four-page letter from the captain of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to senior naval officers has been published by San Francisco Chronicle. In his letter, Capt. Brett Crozier pleads for help to quarantine his sailors on Guam as the COVID 19 is spreading aboard the ship.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin Clayton / Public domain

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