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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed that the nation buys the F-35B and introduce a multi-purpose aircraft carrier. Conversion of the existing Izumu-class is listed as an option.
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Finland now has a fighter pilot qualified for aircraft carrier ops after Capt. Juha “Stallion” Jrvinen preformed an arrested landing on USS Abraham Lincoln on Mar. 17.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 17, 2018) Finnish Air Force Capt. Juha Jarvinen exits his F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Sharpshooters of Marine Strike Fighter Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). This marks the first time a Finnish pilot has performed an arrested gear landing aboard an aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Wilbur/Released)
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MIG Corporation announced on Mar. 19 that Soviet test pilot Georgy Mosolov has died at the age of 91 in Moscow. Mosolov was the test pilot for the MiG-21 and set world records on variants of the aircraft.
By Mihenator (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Army has identified a need to make its THAAD and Patriot air defense units to share a common network and those in South Korea are spearheading the effort.
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In a bid to save taxpayer’s money, the U.S. Navy has given Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News a Request for Proposal (RFP) to buy aircraft carriers CVN 80 and CVN 81 together at one go.
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Wahl (PCU Facebook Page of USS Gerald R. Ford) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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