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Two F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to VFA-211 were involved in a mid-air collision while flying off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on May 26 at approximately 10:40 a.m. local time.
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Aviacor said in a press release on May 24 that it had delivered another An-140 twin-engine turboprop aircraft to the Russian Navy. It is understood that this is the third An-140 for the Russian Navy.
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Russia’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be undergoing a long-term refit starting next year and a contract will be awarded soon, TASS reports.
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The Pentagon has been forced to admit that the final hurdle to clear the F-35 for full rate production will not happen until 2018, as predicted by its director of operational test and evaluation.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USS John Paul Jones was used to validate the ability of the Aegis Baseline 9 to track Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) targets within the Earth’s atmosphere recently.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=56387) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons