The Pentagon has further eased restrictions imposed on the F-35 test fleet by allowing the roughly twenty jets to to fly six hours between engine inspection if their missions involved aerial refueling missions and weapons testing.
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VAQ-138 to relief VAQ-132 at NAF Misawa
VAQ-138 will relieve VAQ 132 at NAF Misawa, Japan this month. The squadron brought five EA-18 G Growler aircraft and approximately 190 personnel for this deployment.
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USN delays stand up of VAQ-143
The U.S. Navy was supposed to stand up VAQ-143, its fourth expeditionary electronic attack squadron, in October. The activation has been postponed to another date.
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First Filipino-American to command U.S. aircraft carrier
Capt. Ronald Ravelo is the first Filipino-American to command an aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy when he took over the command of USS Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 7
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VP-45 P-8A carried out Coordinated Time on Top AGM-84 attack with JMSDF P-3C
A P-8A from VP-45 carried out a Coordinated Time on Top (CTOT) AGM-84D attack against a surface target together with a JMSDF P-3C at RIMPAC 2014 recently.
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