A detachment from VP-16 was in Singapore from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 to train with the submariners from the Singapore Navy.
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Iranian ships, aircraft shadow USS Abraham Lincoln
Iranian patrol boats and aircraft shadowed USS Abraham Lincoln and the carrier’s escorts as it transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
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Plan to move CVN from Norfolk to Florida is off
The plan to move an aircraft carrier from Norfolk to Florida will not be carried out as the defense budget for fiscal 2013 does not include money for construction to support a carrier at Mayport.
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CVN 78 to cost $811 million more
The U.S. Navy has allocated $811 million to cover projected cost overruns on aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford.
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Lockheed Martin: average cost of F-35 would go up
Lockheed Martin said the average cost of the F-35 would “go up somewhat” as the Pentagon postpone production of 179 jets.
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