Aviation News
A X-47B was hoisted on board aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Nov. 26. The unmanned aircraft will test carrier deck handling aboard Truman next year.
Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman
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The Israeli Defense Ministry says the David’s Sling missile defense system has carried out the first successful interception.
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The man in charge of overseeing the J-15 carrier-borne fighter, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation Chairman and President Luo Yang, had a heart attack on board aircraft carrier Liaoning on Nov. 25. He passed away at 12:48pm.
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James Hardy, Asia-Pacific Editor of IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, looks at Taiwan’s F-16 upgrade program and it’s quest for 66 F-16C/Ds.
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Syrian rebels said on Sunday that they had captured a helicopter base east of Damascus. The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman, said rebels seized control of the Marj al-Sultan base on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday morning.
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