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Gunnery Sgt. Michael Ott from Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Detachment Alpha gathered old parts to put together a solar-powered box to provide electrical juice for a TACAN unit.
Photo: USMC
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PMA-213 has completed development testing of the IFF Mode 5 equipment, also known as RT-1763C/APX-111(V) Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT).
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Photo: U.S. Navy
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The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) and Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) recently selected Lockheed Martin’s Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) for their F-16 fleets,.
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said one of its F-16 fighter is missing during a mission over Yemen on May 10.
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The U.S. Navy has decided to let VFA-97 be the first operational fighter squadron to transition to the F-35C.
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