Aviation News
Two Chinese H-6 bombers, likely PLANAF H-6DGs, flew between Miyokojima and Okinawa islands today. The JASDF scrambled F-15s from Naha air base to shadow the bombers.
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Update: H-6G not D. Note the YJ-12 launch rail on inner pylon.
DARPA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully fired the prototype Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a B-1B on Aug. 27.
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Canada may cancel the troubled CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter and has sent a team to Britain to evaluate the Merlin.
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U.S. undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, Frank Kendall, told attendees at the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit that he expects the U.S. Navy to stick to its F-35C orders.
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The U.S. Navy successfully tested Lockheed Martin’s Paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) during recent Tactics Development exercises at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon.
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