Aviation News
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy’s Blue Angels both lost aircraft on Jun. 2 and according to media reports, the pilot of the Blue Angels Hornet did not survive the crash.
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Photo: Matt Bennet
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Age has caught up with eight of the U.S. Navy’s low-pressure chambers and the sailing branch has decommissioned all of them while waiting for the new normobaric hypoxia chambers to be built.
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Joseph C. Garza. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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France will hand-over Egypt’s first Mistral-class helicopter carrier today at Toulouse, Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi will join his French counterpart in the flag-raising ceremony.
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A U.S. Navy EA-18G from VAQ-133 suffered significant damage to its nose and engines during an accident aboard USS John C. Stennis while the aircraft carrier was underway in the South China Sea.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on May 27 over a potential FMS to sell up to eighty SM-2 Block IIIB missiles to Australia.
By DDG 81 (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1569098) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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