A group of Israeli ministers are opposing the plan to buy more F-35s from the United States to form a second squadron.
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USAF F-16 crashed in Gulf of Mexico, pilot misssing
The search is on for the pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group after it went down in the Gulf of Mexico.
DDG engage ballistic, cruise missile targets simultaneously with SM-3, SM-2s
USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully engage and destroy a short-range ballistic missile target plus two low-flying cruise missile targets over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 6.
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VP-16 deployment to Japan affirm decision to drop MAD
Rear Admiral Cindy Jaynes told IHS Jane’s that the recent deployment by VP-16 to Kadena Air Base in Japan had validated the Navy’s decision not to install a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) on the P-8A.
French Defense Minister discuss selling Rafales with Malaysia counterpart
France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Malaysia recently and he spoke to his Malaysian counterpart Hishammuddin Hussein on his country’s desire to sell Rafales to the South East Asian nation.