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VFA-103 around the world cruise video

Posted on February 18, 2020 by alert5

Cyprus buys Exocet and Mistral missiles

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by alert5

French newspaper La Tribune says Cyprus has placed orders for the Exocet anti-ship and Mistral air defense missiles.

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USN AN/APS-149 equipped P-3C callsign HELLO flew off Taiwan

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. military continued to operate off Taiwan this week with a P-3C having callsign HELLO flying off the south of Taiwan on Feb. 13.

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Delivery of Vikrant delayed due to lack of fighters

Posted on February 13, 2020 by alert5

India will not be able to take delivery of its aircraft carrier Vikrant due to delays in securing fighters to operate on board the ship.

Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons

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CAG CVW 1 achieves 1,200 arrested landing

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by alert5

Capt. Robert Gentry, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 completed his 1,200th career arrested landing in the Arabian Sea Feb. 1, 2020.

200201-N-N0874-1002 ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 1, 2020) Cmdr. Kenneth Hockycko, commanding officer of the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, left, shakes hands with Capt. Robert Gentry, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) after Gentry’s 1,200th career arrested landing in the Arabian Sea Feb. 1, 2020. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (Courtesy photo by Lt. Frank Bonner)

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