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The South Korean government has requested the presence of a U.S. Navy carrier strike group (CSG) for the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise that starts on Aug. 21.
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The French government has the country’s largest shipyard at Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast to prevent Italian company Fincantieri from obtaining a majority stake.
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A pre-solicitation notice revealed that the U.S. Marine Corps is planning to integrate the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) on its legacy Hornets.
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The U.S. Navy says a multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise is taking place in the waters off Guam from Jul. 31 till Aug. 12.
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Save The Royal Navy had the opportunity to speak with LCDR Michael Tremel, the fighter pilot from VFA-87 who is credited with shooting down the Syrian Su-22 on Jun. 4. Link to the story is below.
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By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet ‘168912 / AJ-302’) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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