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The U.S. Marine Corps latest fighter will go for ship-borne testing aboard the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, USS America, this October.
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Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, U.S. Marine Corps deputy commandant for aviation, showed a model of Bell’s previously undisclosed V-247 unmanned tilt-rotor to Richard Whittle from Breaking Defense recently.
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The Swiss Air Force is searching for a missing F/A-18 Hornet near Susten in central Switzerland on Aug. 29 after the plane failed to return to land after a training mission.
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A Indian Navy MiG-29K carrier-borne fighter has an accident on Aug. 29 when one of its external fuel tank jettisoned whilst the jet was taking off from INS Dega. The tank started a small fire on the runway and was quickly extinguished.
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