Mexico has requested a possible sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks for an estimated cost of $225 million.
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Cost of upgrading F-35 reduced by $920 million
The Pentagon projected that it will only have to spend $1.65 billion instead of $2.57 billion to upgrade and fix problems found on early production batches of the F-35.
The Royal Navy’s first ScanEagle flight
HMS Somerset launched the Royal Navy’s first ScanEagle flight from the Persian Gulf on Jun. 22.
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Hurricane pilot flies in a Spitfire at the age of 91
Neville Croucher flew 800 combat hours in as a Hurricane fighter pilot during the Second World War, he finally had a chance to fly in a Spitfire recently.
F-35A caught fire during take-off at Eglin AFB
A F-35A had to abort its take-off at Eglin Air Force Base on Jun. 23 after the tail caught fire.
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