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French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in Abu Dhabi on Mar. 25 for Exercise Big Fox.
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“Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009” by USN – U.S. Navy VFA-146 official website [1] photo [2]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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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.