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Vice Adm. David Venlet told three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s air-land panel that current problems with the F-35 is not something engineering cannot fix.
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The U.S. Navy will name its newest destroyer as USS Thomas Hudner. Thomas J. Hudner Jr. was a naval aviator who crashed his plane during the Korean War to help his wingman who was shot down.
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The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) were relieved of their duties in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) by the Iwo Jima ARG and the 24th MEU, May 5.
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WAVY.com revealed that on Feb. 9 a twin engine civilian aircraft passed one to one and a half miles behind and 500 feet above a E-2C in Norfolk.
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The U.S. Navy will help HAL come up with procedures to test the naval Tejas’ compatibility with India’s aircraft carrier.
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