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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate is soliciting white papers from the industry on how to assess, locate, and characterize Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBT).
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The final MiG-21 Croatia ordered from Ukraine was delivered on Jul. 16 and the Croatian Air Force held a presentation ceremony at Pleso air base on Jul. 22.
A SM-2 Block IIIA anti-air missile exploded while it was fired from USS The Sullivans in the Atlantic Ocean on Jul. 18.
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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.
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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.
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