INS Viraat is seen here docking at Cochin Shipyard for its annual refit. To its right is the future INS Vikrant.
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Photos: India’s Ministry of Defense
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U.S. Navy could be taking delivery of just 12 F-35Cs a year in worse case scenario
The U.S. Navy is bracing itself for the possibility of buying just 12 F-35Cs a year in the 2020s stemming from budget shortfalls and competing requirements.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USAF updates instructions on contact with PLA personnel
The U.S. Air Force has updated its instructions on dealing with Chinese military personnel, these were based on two classified Pentagon directives.
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Two JGSDF special forces members injured in the Black Hawk crash off Okinawa
Seven people were injured when a U.S. Army Black Hawk crashed off Okinawa on Aug. 12, amongst those injured where two members of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force team specializing in counter-terrorism operations.
Air-to-air video of H-6K bomber
CCTV has a report on today’s H-6K flights to Western Pacific.