U.S. officials say Iran is building a mockup of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in a shipyard near Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf.
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VFA-192 transitions from Hornet to refurbished Super Hornets
Usually, when a U.S. Navy Hornet squadron trades in their aircraft for the Super Hornet, the jets are new from the factory. However, VFA-192 had to take in Lot 23/24 F/A-18E fighters and bring them back to combat-status.
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Bill Sweetman on IRST for air-to-air engagement
Bill Sweetman on approaches in the West to develop infrared search and track (IRST) systems for engaging beyond-visual-range stealthy targets.
Lockheed Martin to upgrade EW on Egyptian F-16s
Lockheed Martin was give a $6.9 million contract on Mar. 18 to install 20 advanced countermeasure electronics system-system integrity (ACES SI) retrofit kits, modify 24 radar warning receivers and procure three electronic warfare memory loader verifiers for Egypt’s 20 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft.
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Photo: Xian Y7-100 airborne early warning variant (Update: Faked photo!)
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