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Dan Gillian, Boeing’s program manager for the F/A-18 and EA-18G, told Economic Times that his company had done simulations of the Super Hornet taking off from a ski jump and the aircraft can be launched with a ‘significant’ payload.
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The crew of a U.S. Navy T-6 forgot to lower the landing gear during a touch-and-go practice at Aransas County Airport at 10:55 a.m. on Jul. 16.
By U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Antonio More [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Qatar was supposed to make the first payment for its order of 24 Eurofighters in order to cement the deal but the Gulf state has failed to do so.
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Maj. Kiyun Jung is the first pilot from the Republic of Korea Air Force to fly the F-35A on Jul. 20.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.
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Israel’s David’s Sling anti-ballistic missile system made its combat debut on Jul. 23 when two interceptors were fired when a pair of Syrian OTR-21 (NATO: SS-21) ballistic missiles were detected approaching Israel’s border.
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