A TAI Anka UAV crashed while undergoing operational test flights at a military base in Batman, southeastern Turkey on Dec. 6.
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Boeing must decide on fate of Super Hornet production line in early 2014
Mike Gibbons, vice president of F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18 Growler programs at Boeing, told reporters that his company must decide in March 2014 whether to continue funding to keep the jet’s production line open.
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It’s time for Operation Christmas Drop again
The U.S. Air Force is carrying out Operation Christmas Drop over remote islands of Micronesia in the Western Pacific this week.
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U.S. Navy honors F/A-18 for 35 years of distinction
The F/A-18 Hornet community celebrated the 35th anniversary of the aircraft’s first flight during a ceremony Dec. 9 in the Rear Adm. William A. Moffett building atrium at NAS Pax River.
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New missile range instrumentation ship successfully passes trials
The U.S. Navy has successfully conducted final contract trials of USNS Howard O. Lorenzen in San Diego. The missile range instrumentation ship will be the replacement for USNS Observation Island.
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