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The U.S. Navy has activated two P-8As, assigned to VP-5, to help the U.S Coast Guard 7th District Command Center search for the missing cargo ship El Faro.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A deadly air strike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on Oct. 3 might have been caused by a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship.
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By Ken Hackman (Defense Imagery) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Twenty-three years ago, Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan was forced to eject over the Pacific Ocean and a Japanese US-1A flew out from MCAS Iwakuni to save him.
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Photo: Cpl. Jessica Quezada
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A RAND report found that by 2017, China would have amassed enough missiles to prevent U.S. fighters operating out of Kadena Air Force Base, Japan from helping Taiwan for 16 to 43 days during an attack.
Source: RAND
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A joint investigation by the non-profit Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian found that Britain’s Watchkeeper fleet has been struggling to find the necessary manpower and overcome technical obstacles to become fully operational.
Photo: Andrew Linnett/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons