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Workers at the F-35 assembly line in Cameri Air Base, Italy will go on a one-day strike on Apr. 24 to protest against working conditions.
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A Blue Angels F/A-18 suffered a bird strike at the Vero Beach air show on Apr. 21. The number five aircraft had ingested a bird during the display.
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An anonymous Japanese official told Flight Global that Tokyo may resume the X-2 flight test program in future.
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Portugal has decided against spending $36 million to upgrade its five C-130s under a Foreign Military Sales program.
By A1C Sean Worrell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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German newspaper Handelsblatt says Berlin plans to go on a shopping spree for new weapons and 18 contracts are to be approve by the budget and defense committees.
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