The investigation into the runway excursion of a VFA-146 F/A-18E BuNo. 165865 at Bahrain International Airport on Aug. 17, 2017 has been completed.
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Category: Navy
Mexican Navy Mi-17 crashes
A Mexican Navy MI-17 helicopter crashed into waters off Beja California on Oct. 20. There were 12 people on board and one went missing after the incident.
France sending Charles de Gaulle to the Indian Ocean next year, to defend freedom of navigation
French Defence Minister Florence Parly said Paris will dispatch its sole aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Indian Ocean next year, to defend freedom of navigation.
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USN stood up first UAS test and evaluation squadron
The U.S. Navy’s first Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) test and evaluation squadron was ‘stood up” at Patuxent River’s Webster Outlying Field on Oct. 18.
U.S. Navy photo
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Doubts over South Korea’s K-SAAM
Defense News says South Korea’s indigenous K-SAAM point-defense weapon system has been unable to intercept targets properly during its latest operational tests.