A landing mishap occurred on board USS Denver on Mar. 5 when a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W attack helicopter broke its landing skid while touching down.
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Indonesia seeks loan to fund purchase of Thales ForceSHIELD system
After agreeing to buy Thales ForceSHIELD air defense system, Jakarta is now looking for commercials banks willing to provide a loan to purchase the weapons.
U.S. Air Force plans to cut nearly 500 aircraft
Star and Stripes has a breakdown of where and what aircraft the U.S. Air Force plans to eliminate over the next five years.
Japan will send C-130, P-3C to help search for #MH370
Japan will dispatch two JASDF C-130s and two JMSDF P-3Cs to Malaysia to aid in the search of missing flight MH370.
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USAF plans to retire 51 F-15Cs
The U.S. Air Force plans to start retiring 51 F-15Cs beginning in fiscal 2015 and 21 of those aircraft are from oversea bases.
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