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MBDA has successfully completed two Mistral firings using a SIMBAD-RC firing post. These trials represent the last technical milestone before delivery to its first customer.
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VMFA-314 has completed its dissimilar air combat training and bilateral tactical mission training at Komatsu Air Base, Japan on Mar. 18.
Photo By: Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg
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Eight U.S. Navy sailors were injured when the cross deck pendant or arresting cable aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower broke while a E-2C was landing.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Long [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A German P-3C and its crew has flown from Nordholz to Djibouti to join Operation Atalanta. Operation Atalanta is a current counter-piracy military operation at sea off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean.
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Photo: EUNAVFOR
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Lockheed Martin expects to receive a contract next year to start low-rate production of a new turret for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system on the AH-64D/E.
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By Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany (Boeing AH-64 ApacheUploaded by russavia) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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