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French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in Abu Dhabi on Mar. 25 for Exercise Big Fox.
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“Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009” by USN – U.S. Navy VFA-146 official website [1] photo [2]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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For the fourth time, the 114th Fighter Squadron is named the Top Fighter Squadron for 2014 by Air Education and Training Command.
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar
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The new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the U.S. Navy’s new class of aircraft carriers cannot catapult warplanes carrying external fuel tanks.
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By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A MV-22 was used to medevac a U.S. Marine from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) to a shore-based hospital in Sasebo, Japan on Mar. 23.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen Oleksiak [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Vietnam People’s Air Force (VPAF) Mi-8 helicopter crashed while attempting to land on Phu Quy Island, Central Binh Thuan Province, on Mar. 26.
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