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Asahi Shimbun: Japan’s Ministry of Defense selects Aegis Ashore

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Japan will allocate funding from 2018’s budget to go towards the construction of Aegis Ashore facilities in the country, Asahi Shimbun reports.

Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania
By Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan hopes to partner with U.S. to export used military aircraft to S.E. Asia

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In an exclusive interview with Defense News, Takahiro Yoshida, director of Aircraft Project Management division in the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency within Japan’s Ministry of Defense, said Tokyo hopes to collaborate with the United States for the sale of used military aircraft to South East Asia.

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Flying pause for VMFA-211 due to bugs with ALIS

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The U.S. Marine Corps decided to ground all F-35Bs assigned to VMFA-211 at MCAS Yuma after discovering issues with 2.0.2 version of Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS).

A U.S. Marine F-35 Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 speeds down the runway during a 53rd Weapon Evaluation Group, Weapon System Evaluation Program at the Tyndall flightline Sept. 16, 2016. During this WSEP, VMFA 211 completed numerous sorties including the one that fired the first operational F-35 AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook/Released)
A U.S. Marine F-35 Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 speeds down the runway during a 53rd Weapon Evaluation Group, Weapon System Evaluation Program at the Tyndall flightline Sept. 16, 2016. During this WSEP, VMFA 211 completed numerous sorties including the one that fired the first operational F-35 AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook/Released)

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