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The U.S. Navy has successfully completed operational testing and evaluation live fires of the AIM-9X Block II missile, Raytheon announced.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries attached a GoPro camera to a weighted sled during a media event on board Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to observe the testing of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System (EMALS) on Jun. 16.
Ship’s sponsor Susan Ford Bales was given the honor to fire the catapult.
The U.S. Marine Corps has carried out the first MV-22 Osprey landing aboard a Dutch ship off the coast of North Carolina on Jun. 12.
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The first F414 engine for the Gripen E will be shipped to Saab later this year, GE vice president Jean Lydon-Rodgers said.
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Minemen from U.S. Navy Munitions Command Unit Charleston and airmen from the 5th Munitions Squadron out of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, built 18 inert MK-62 Quick Strike Mines, Jun. 10 for loading on to 2 B-52Hs participating in BALTOPS 15 exercise.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Malia Jenkins
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