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The U.S. Navy put the SeaRAM to its most complex test yet by having its engage two supersonic targets that were flying in complex, evasive maneuvers.
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Diamond Aircraft announced that its DART-450 (Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer) has flown on May 17.
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The U.S. Air Force will again deploy two B-52 bombers from Barksdale Air Force to Jordan for this year’s edition of Exercise Eager Lion.
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The U.S. Navy has given an update on the test schedule of the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford. Capt. Chris Meyer, program manager for the CVN-78 class, told USNI News that the first arrested landing will now occur in November.
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Chaucer Auctions is selling a 1983 hardback edition of Air Aces and what makes the book extraordinarily rare is the inclusion of signatures from 238 aces.
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