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The U.S. Navy will finally release the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) program this year, that will be followed by a final RFP in fiscal 2017.
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A AB-212 naval helicopter from the Greek Navy crashed during a night training flight in the early hours of Feb. 11. Three people on board were killed.
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The fiscal 2017 defense budget has an item to upgrade an aircraft hangar at the former Naval Air Station Keflavik in order to support future P-8A missions out of Iceland.
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The Pentagon has decided to disband Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14), which is based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, in October.
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The U.S. Navy will redeploy VAW-115 from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan to Naval Air Station Point Mugu next year.
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