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Indian Navy’s MH-60Rs have arrived home

Posted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 by alert5

Two MH-60R naval helicopters ordered by India have reached home after being ferried to Cochin by a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft.

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Helicopters at Chambers Field damaged during storm

Posted on July 28, 2022 by alert5

A storm swept through Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Chesapeake on Jul. 26 and nine U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters were damaged as a result.

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First jet demo female pilot for the Blue Angels

Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 by alert5

Lt. Amanda Lee makes Blue Angels history as the first woman to fly in a demo jet with the team.

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, selected six new officers to join the team for the for the 2023 air show season. Lt. Amanda Lee, of Mounds View, Minn., is currently assigned to the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106. She graduated from Old Dominion University in 2013.

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MQ-8C demonstrates mine countermeasure system prototype

Posted on July 10, 2022July 9, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C has tested the Single System Multi-Mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) system for the first time.

Photo: USN
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Royal Thai Navy chooses Hermes 900

Posted on July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 by alert5

Royal Thai Navy spokesman Vice Adm Pokkrong Monthatphalin announced on Jul. 1 that the service has selected the Israeli Hermes 900 after closing an international bid.

Martin Thoeni, www.powerplanes.ch [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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