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The Pentagon is in a rush to buy GPS chips from GlobalFoundries as the plant that fabricates them will soon stop producing those components, Bloomberg reports.
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Sankei reports that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is considering the setup of a rapid deployment airport group will have help prepare airports in the Ryukyu Islands for military operations.
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Lt. j.g. Suzelle Thomas is the U.S. Navy’s first woman to directly go for F-35C conversion training after getting her Wings of Gold.
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Airmen from Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron visited Yokota air base on Nov. 4 to examine the possibility of using the runway there for assault training.
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C-17s assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 62nd Airlift Wing practice deploying Marines of the III Marine Expeditionary Force from Japan to Wake Island on Nov. 5.
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