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Eight Mi-8T helicopters and three MiG-29s from the Serbian Air Force are in southern Russia for a joint exercise with the Russian Air Force.
By Krasimir Grozev (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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USS Cowpens (CG 63) was inducted as the first ship to undergo the CG Phased Modernization Program at Naval Base San Diego on Sept. 25.
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By Camera Operator: PH1 ALAN WARNER, USN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The AC-130U to retire to Davis-Monthan Air Base left Hurlburt Field on Sept. 21. “Bad Omen” was delivered to the base in Feb. 17, 1995.
U.S. Air Force photos by Airman Kai White
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Interfax reported that Moscow intends to build an air defense base on Sredniy Island. The Northern Fleet has dispatched an icebreaker to carved a channel for construction ships to reach the area.
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The U.S. military has slapped a restriction on any F-35 pilot weighing less than 136 pounds (61.6 kg) as there are worries that person might be injured during low-speed ejections.
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