Aviation News
Australia’s Defense Minister Stephen Smith has rejected a proposal by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to expand a naval base in Perth to service a U.S. carrier battle group.
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USS Abraham Lincoln has finished its eight-month deployment and will return to Naval Station Norfolk Aug. 7.
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Mock-ups of three air-launched missiles were photographed being loaded on to Varyag recently.
YJ-91
YJ-83K
Left KD-88
The X-47B was flown successfully for 35 minutes at NAS Patuxent River on Jul. 29.
U.S. Navy photo
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