The People’s Liberation Army Navy issued a brief statement on the crash of a Harbin SH-5 amphibious aircraft at Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao around 10 a.m. today.
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Category: Navy
Hawkeye pilot clocks 4,000 hours
The commanding officer of VAW-117 became the third active E-2C pilot to log 4,000 hours of flight time.
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Greenert outlines modifications needed to support F-35B ops on LHDs
At a media briefing during IMDEX Asia 2013, CNO Adm. Jonathan Greenert, said the U.S. Navy’s landing helicopter dock (LHD) needed some modifications in order to support F-35B flight operations.
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Japan set to sell US-2 to India
India and Japan are close to signing a deal to sell up to 15 US-2 amphibious planes to India.
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F-35 Integrated Test Force working towards IMC, night certification
The F-35 Integrated Test Force is wrapping up a series of night flights, which will clear the jet to fly in instrument meteorological conditions.
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