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A F-35C assigned to VFA-125 was forced to divert to Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sept. 24 after an indicator lighted up in the cockpit.
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Russia’s Northern Fleet announced that it has deployed a K-300P Bastion-P coastal anti-ship missile unit to the Arctic, on Kotelny Island.
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Four former Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force S-80M-1 helicopters that Japan is giving away free to the U.S. Navy is being refurbished by a 47-year-old company out in Portland, Oregon.
By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Blair [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy has completed its investigation into the crash of a F-5N assigned to VFC-111 off Florida on Aug. 9, 2017.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian Morales [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. State Department has authorized the sale of 50 MK 15 Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) Block IB Baseline 2 conversion kits to Japan.
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