INS Viraat is seen here docking at Cochin Shipyard for its annual refit. To its right is the future INS Vikrant.
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Photos: India’s Ministry of Defense
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U.S. Navy could be taking delivery of just 12 F-35Cs a year in worse case scenario
The U.S. Navy is bracing itself for the possibility of buying just 12 F-35Cs a year in the 2020s stemming from budget shortfalls and competing requirements.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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China’s Airfield Construction at Fiery Cross Reef in Context: Catch-Up or Coercion?
This blog post from RAND looks at China’s construction of air strips in the South China Sea.
VP-30 traveled to Australia to learn AAR techniques from E-7A personnel
A P-8A from VP-30 went on a round-the-world trip on Jul. 6 and one of the legs was Australia where the crew, commandeered CO Capt. Curt Phillips, learn air-to-air refueling (AAR) techniques from RAAF’s E-7A personnel.
By Greg L. Davis (Image and description page, High res version) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian military personnel inscribed ‘To Berlin’ and ‘For Stalin’ on bombs
Russian naval news website Flot recently published photos taken during an exercise in Kaliningrad, two of the photos show bombs with the inscription ‘To Berlin’ and ‘For Stalin.’
Photos from Flot
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