Aviation News
It was a tragic end to the last tour of Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat after a fire broke out in the boiler room on Mar. 6 and a sailor later died from complications brought on by smoke inhalation.
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France and Egypt has initiated Exercise Ramsis 2016 in the Mediterranean on Mar. 6. The Charles de Gaulle task force is participating in this exercise.
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The Deputy Director of Warfare Integration (N8FB) at Chief of Naval Operations Staff told National Defense in an interview that the upper echelons in the Pentagon are contemplating whether the new Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) will require a new competition.
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The U.S. Navy Reserve’s sole Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron recently relocated to Naval Air Station Jacksonville after having spent 15 years at Naval Station Mayport.
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Xinhua News Agency interviewed Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo and the military official said China is building aircraft carriers not just to protect its interests in South China Seas but other offshore areas as well.
By Simon YANG [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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