Aviation News
The U.S. Navy’s HSM-77 recently carried out a joint torpedo training exercise with Japan’s VX-51 and JS Yusotei 2-go landing craft. This is the first time such an exercise been carried out by both sides.
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A preliminary investigation report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board into the crash of an S-61N helicopter in Hawaii disclosed that the helicopter was trying to retrieve inert training torpedoes for the U.S. Navy on that day.
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The U.S. Air Force has produced a video showing how the GBU-31 based QUICKSINK anti-ship munition is used to take out maritime targets.
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The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C will soon be flying its heaviest payload carried to date when it starts testing the Single System Multi-Mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) system.
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