The only Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter pilot based in France was killed on Oct. 3 when his jet went down shortly after take-off from Luxeuil-les-Bains air base.
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HMS Illustrious departs for Mediterranean with Apaches and Chinooks
HMS Illustrious left Portsmouth on Monday and Apache attack helicopters and Chinooks landed on board the ship that night.
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Tyndall Air Force Base transitions to ACC
Tyndall Air Force Base transitioned from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command Oct. 1 as the base will gain a combat-coded F-22 squadron from Holloman Air Force Base.
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First crew member of HMS Queen Elizabeth named
Leading Hand Claire Butler, a Middlesbrough woman, has become the first crew member of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
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NAVAIR buys additional 22 Kestrel Surveillance Systems
NAVAIR has given Logos Technologies $111.8 million for an additional 22 Kestrel wide-area persistent surveillance systems.
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