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Three E-2C Hawkeyes assigned to VAW-124 had their engines swapped out just days before they left for a cruise aboard USS George H.W. Bush after it was discovered that the powerplants had been given a wrong type of lubricant.
By U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The latest report from Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said a Chinese HQ-9 air defense missile unit is still deployed at Woody Island.
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A joint program management office for the KF-X/IF-X fighter program was declared open in Sacheon, South Korea on Feb. 8. The office is run by both Indonesia and South Korea.
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Photo: DAPA
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After breaking up with Raytheon as its American partner for the T-X competition, Leonardo has decided to go alone and compete in the U.S. Air Force competition.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (M346 – RIAT 2009Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Two Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) F-15Ks were scrambled on Jan. 12 and it turns out that the unidentified object detected on radar was a balloon.
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