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Lt. Christopher Tabert became the first military pilot to fly all three versions of the F-35 when he completed the government acceptance flight for AF-14 on Mar. 23.
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An F/A-18D assigned to VFA-106 crashed in Virginia Beach shortly after take-off from NAS Oceana on Friday. The jet hit half-a-dozen buildings and injured nine people.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) stands to loss as much as $194.3 million for cost overruns building the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.
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The French Navy has replaced a Falcon 50M based in Djibouti with a Atlantique 2 as part of its contribution to Task Force 465.
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VFA-101 will be reestablished May 1 at Eglin Air Force Base as the Fleet Replacement Squadron for the F-35C.
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