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French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has left the Middle East and will reach India by Apr. 23 to take part in Exercise Varuna.
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Flight testing of the MQ-4C Triton with its main sensor, the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) AESA radar, has started on Apr. 18.
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The U.S. Navy has repositioned aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Arabian Sea “as a result of the current instability in Yemen.”
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The Indonesian Navy officially inducted four Bonanza G-36 single-engine pistons into service at its air base in Surabaya on Apr. 20.
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The U.S. Marine Corps is to overhaul its air-to-air tactics, dubbed Hornet Standard Game Plan, in order for its legacy aircraft to fight together with the F-35B.
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