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The Aegish Ashore test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Kauai, Hawaii successfully conducted the first intercept flight test on Dec. 9.
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The Republic of China Air Force and Navy is busy setting up a radar picket from Taiwan to Taiping island in South China Sea as President Ma Ying-jeuo is expected to fly there between Dec. 12-14.
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Sikorsky was awarded a $354 million contract for funding for the U.S. Navy’s fifth program year for 29 MH-60R helicopters, the Pentagon announced on Dec. 7.
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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $65 million contract to the radar processors on 11 E-2Ds. The modifications will mainly be carried out Syracuse, New York and is expected to be completed in October 2018.
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VFA-106, the East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, brought its Hornets and Super Hornets to Mountain Home Air Force Base qualify 14 students on air-to-ground tactics and currency training for others.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeremy L. Mosier
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