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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Al Fursan, Black Eagles may perform at Zhuhai airshow 2014
Organizers of the Zhuhai Airshow had their first meeting on Jun. 16, sources say RoKAF’s Black Eagles and UAE’s Al Fursan aerobatic teams have been invited to this year’s show.
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