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Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus said the F-35C will “almost certainly will be, the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly.”
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New Zealand taxpayers will have to fork out at least $600 million if the government decides to replace five C-130s with two C-17s.
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The Argentine Air Force (AAF) has selected Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 avionics system for its C-130 upgrade program.
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Sevmash and the Indian Navy have signed a contract for technical assistance in the maintenance of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
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Flight Lieutenant James Pears became the first Australian pilot to fly the P-8A Poseidon on Apr. 14 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.
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