Aviation News
A modified C-130H assigned to Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing made a brief stop at its Cheyenne home base on Jan. 6 while on the way to Florida for testing.
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Photo: 153rd Airlift Wing
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U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot 1st Lt. Justin Newman was recently selected to fly the F-35B with the Marine Corps in an exchange program.
Saudi Arabia lost a warplane in Yemen on Jan. 7 and two pilots on board were safely recovered and brought back to the country.
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By Steven Byles from Singapore, Singapore (RSAF Tornado) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Nikkei has identified shortfalls in the funding of military aviation projects in Japan’s current five-year defense program which ends this year.
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By 航空自衛隊 [GJSTUv1], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Mainichi reported on Jan. 6 that a proposal to convert the JS Izumo helicopter destroyer into a carrier capable of operating fixed-wing fighters is being circulated within the Defense Ministry.
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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