Xu Zengping was formerly the captain of the PLA Guangzhou Military Command basketball team, in the late 1990s, he was tasked with negotiating the purchase of China’s first aircraft carrier.
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Category: Navy
Sweetman: Joint Strike Fighter Debate Enters New Phase
Bill Sweetman has written a new oped on the F-35 in which he concludes: “We have passed at great cost through much of the era of programmatic risk with the F-35. Now, we are looking more at operational risk, with strategic risk on the horizon.”
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USS Constellation arrives at scrap yard
Decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Constellation has arrived at a shipyard in Texas where it will be scrapped. Click the source to view pictures of the arrival.
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Photo: F-35 Systems Development and Demonstration Weapons Suite
An F-35A, at Edwards AFB, Calif., is pictured with its F-35 Systems Development and Demonstration Weapons Suite the aircraft is designed to carry.
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F-35 on track to meet IOC targets
Both U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh are confident that the F-35 is on track to meet its initial operational capability (IOC) for this year and next year.
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