Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division have started making jumps last week while carrying the FIM-92 MANPADS.
Photo: Sgt. Solomon Abanda
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MV-22 tests rolling landing and takeoffs in excess of 57,000 lbs on CVN 77
The MV-22 has shown that it can land aboard an aircraft carrier with 57,000 pounds of gross weight, this is greater than the 49,000 pounds limit of the C-2A.
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Indonesia to proceed with Su-35 purchase despite risk of U.S. sanctions
Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense says it will proceed to buy 11 Su-35 fighters from Russia despite the risk of being slapped with sanctions by the U.S.
By Eugeny Polivanov (http://russianplanes.net/id169356) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons
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Spanish Eurofighters suspended from NATO Baltic Air Policing duties
Spanish Eurofighters deployed to the Baltics for air policing duties are being sidelined after one of the jets accidentally launch a AIM-120 missile over Estonia last week.
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By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon ‘C.16-48 / 14-12’) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons
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Vietnam exports early warning radar to Laos
Vietnam’s Viettel Cooperation has exported three sets of early warning radar systems to Laos, the company said in an internal newsletter.
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