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The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has raised concerns with the operational testing schedule of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II program.
Photo: Lockheed Martin
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A and T Recovery, a U.S. company that specializes in recovering WW II aircraft, has proposed to recover four warbirds that were lost when aircraft carrier USS Lexington was sunk.
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Eight people were injured when giant tents collapsed during a National Children’s Day event in Chanthaburi province on Jan. 14. The incident occurred when a Royal Thai Navy H145M helicopter flew directly above three giant tents, sending powerful downdrafts that caused the structures to collapse onto a crowd below.
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The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) welcomed its third Army commander, Lt. Col. Aaron Kia, during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on January 12th. Kia relieved Cmdr. Jeremy DeBons during an airborne change of command ceremony officiated by Naval Test Wing Atlantic Commodore, Capt. Elizabeth Somerville.
U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Bass
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Japan announced on Jan. 12 that it has started the construction of a field carrier landing practice (FCLP) facility at Mageshima.
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