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The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a 15-person film crew went aboard USS Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 15 to film flight deck operations for the upcoming movie “Top Gun: Maverick”
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Ukraine carried state trials of its indigenous 80mm air-to-ground rockets at the Chernihiv firing ground on Aug. 20.
Photo: Oleksandr Shtupun
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Two F-22s were deployed to Campia Turzii Air Base, Romania, from Spangdahlem AB, Germany, to conduct local training.
A Swedish Air Force Gripen fighter encountered bird strike on Aug. 21 near Ronneby and the pilot was forced to eject.
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Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed that repairs to the airstrip on Thitu Island in the South China Sea will be completed by next year.
By NASA (Landsat 7 Path 120 Row 52) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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