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The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) broke free from its mooring station in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland on Oct. 28 and later came down in the vicinity of Moreland Township, Pennsylvania.
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A 19 year-old assigned to a Russia Su-25 unit now deployed to Syria has died there on Oct. 24. Vadim Kostenko is said to have hanged himself because of a relationship problem with his girlfriend. He is the first Russian serviceman confirmed to have died in Syria after Moscow started air strikes in the country.
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A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 crew had the opportunity to aerial refuel a Italian Air Force Tornado fighter bomber over Trapani Air Base in Sicily during Exercise Trident Juncture 2015.
Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés has not ruled out the possibility that a missing AS 332 crew might have been kidnapped by pirates along the West African coast.
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CEO Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Chris Chadwick, told his staff that the company will decide if there’s a need to protest the award of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contract to Northrop Grumman within two weeks.