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SM-2 missile explodes during live firing

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by alert5

A SM-2 Block IIIA anti-air missile exploded while it was fired from USS The Sullivans in the Atlantic Ocean on Jul. 18.

Photos: U.S. Navy
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Last legacy H-1 helicopter to undergo maintenance in Okinawa

Posted on July 23, 2015 by alert5

The last legacy H-1 helicopter to undergo periodic maintenance at Fleet Readiness Center West Pacific (FRCWP) in Japan has been redelivered to HMLA-269 on Jul. 1.

U.S. Navy photo

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Czech Gripens’ ferry flight dashed after one develop technical problem

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by alert5

A flight of five Czech Gripens had to abandon their ferry flight to Iceland after one of the jets develop a technical fault in the air.

© Milan Nykodym, Czech Republic [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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American, Russian pilots reenacting secret World War 2 warplane ferry flights

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by alert5

Two Americans and two Russians are helping to recreate a secret World War 2 mission that delivered thousands of warplanes from the United States to the former Soviet Union.

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