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3 E-2Cs suffered engine damage due to wrong lubricant

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by alert5

Three E-2C Hawkeyes assigned to VAW-124 had their engines swapped out just days before they left for a cruise aboard USS George H.W. Bush after it was discovered that the powerplants had been given a wrong type of lubricant.

By U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Indian Navy’s upgraded Il-38 SD fires Kh-35 ASM for first time

Posted on February 9, 2017 by alert5

A Indian Navy Il-38 SD maritime patrol aircraft successfully fired a Kh-35 anti-ship missile (ASM) during exercise TROPEX-17.

Photo: Indian Navy
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USS Zumwalt could be deployed to South Korea

Posted on February 8, 2017February 7, 2017 by alert5

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, had proposed to forward deploy the U.S. Navy’s newest destroyer USS Zumwalt to South Korea.

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Awesome F-35C photo to kick off your Monday

Posted on February 6, 2017 by alert5

Photo: U.S. Navy

First successful intercept for SM-3 Block IIA

Posted on February 5, 2017February 5, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), together with the Japan Ministry of Defense, has carried out the first successful intercept of the new SM-3 Block IIA interceptor off the west coast of Hawaii.