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Admiral Kuznetsov’s might bring MiG-29Ks out to sea during next cruise

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Russia’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov might bring a complement of MiG-29K carrier-borne fighters out to sea during its next cruise to the Mediterranean this autumn.

Russian Navy, 31, Mig-29K (21256678130)
By Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (Russian Navy, 31, Mig-29K) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-35 drops JSOW for first time

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The F-35 has dropped its first AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) for the first time on Mar. 23.

The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant March 23. During flight 180 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, Cmdr. Ted Dyckman, a U.S. Navy F-35 test pilot, dropped an inert JSOW from aircraft CF-05. This test is the first of a series of JSOW separation events scheduled for 2016. U.S. Navy courtesy photo by Dane Wiedmann.
The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant March 23. During flight 180 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, Cmdr. Ted Dyckman, a U.S. Navy F-35 test pilot, dropped an inert JSOW from aircraft CF-05. This test is the first of a series of JSOW separation events scheduled for 2016. U.S. Navy courtesy photo by Dane Wiedmann.

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