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A group of Whidbey Island residents are asking the federal court to block the U.S. Navy from using Outlying Landing Field (OLF) Coupeville to train EA-18G pilots due to noise.
By U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson, USN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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CF-18 Demonstration pilot for 2015, Capt. Denis “Cheech” Beaulieu, shared this video of himself as he practice for the airshow season in his jet that has been painted to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
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Photo:RCAF
The Japanese government today unveiled the livery of its next generation government exclusive aircraft, aka Air Force One.
South Korea has reported some success with its Low-Cost Guided Imaging Rocket program and the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) said the guided 2.75 inch rocket could be deployed as early as next year.
By User:Dammit (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 nl], via Wikimedia Commons
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Two optical spy satellites from the cancelled Future Imagery Architecture program may get a chance to go into space under NASA’s WFIRST-AFTA (the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets) program.
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Credit: NASA
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