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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has defended his previous comment that the F-35C will be the last manned strike fighter his service will buy or fly.
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At a news briefing at the Pentagon, Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, told reporters that Russia has scaled back its long-range bomber patrols.
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According to Jane’s, U.S. defense secretary Ashton Carter is expected to offer the Textron AirLand Scorpion to the Indian Air Force.
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The U.S. Navy has concluded that the mid-air collision between two F/A-18Cs from VFA-94 and VFA-113 on Sept. 12, 2014 was an accident.
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Washington Post obtained a heavily redacted report on aviation safety hazards in Djibouti and found that civilian and military flights are constantly in danger of getting into an accident.
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