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Video of the first X-47B autonomous mid-air refueling

Posted on April 24, 2015 by alert5

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Posted in Navy, UAV

Sagem wants to arm French C-130s with AASM

Posted on April 23, 2015 by alert5

Sagem hopes the French Air Force will be interest in an upgrade package that will fit as many as eight Sagem AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire) precision guided munitions (PGMs) on its C-130s.

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Posted in Air Force, Industry

British FAC successfully guide F-35 on CAS flight test

Posted on April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 by alert5

A British Forward Air Controller (FAC) has successfully guide an F-35 on close air support flight test.

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Photo: Rockwell Collins
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Posted in Industry

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson to command U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet

Posted on April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 by alert5

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has nominated Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson to take command of the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet.

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Posted in Navy

Viet Cong commando recalls his mission that sank an American aircraft carrier

Posted on April 23, 2015 by alert5

Former Viet Cong frogman Lam Son Nao recalls his mission on the night of May 2, 1964 that sank former escort carrier USNS Card in the port of Saigon.

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By Kralizec! at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Heritage, Navy

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