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The new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the U.S. Navy’s new class of aircraft carriers cannot catapult warplanes carrying external fuel tanks.
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By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A MV-22 was used to medevac a U.S. Marine from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) to a shore-based hospital in Sasebo, Japan on Mar. 23.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen Oleksiak [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Director of the U.S. Navy’s Air Warfare division, Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, told Congress that the service needs 20 F-35Cs a year in 2020 to avoid a shortfall in fighters.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned helicopter carrier JS Izumo (DDH-183) into service Mar. 25 in Yokohama.
A Indian Navy Do 228 crashed off the coast of Goa on the night of Mar. 24 with three on board.
“Indian Air Force Dornier 228 SDS-2” by Sean d’Silva – http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=068364. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons.