Aviation News
The first MV-22 for U.S. Forces in Japan will arrived disassembled at MCAS Iwakuni on Jul. 20 and will spend ten to 14 days there for testing before being flown to MCAS Futenma.
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Two Bulgarian soldiers have been arrested for stealing 103 unguided air-to-ground rockets from an ammunition dump in Bezmer.
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The BOL countermeasures dispensing system was successfully flown on a Finnish Air Force Hornet recently.
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Bangkok Post reports that the Royal Thai Air Force has been unable to take delivery of a Saab aircraft after an American parts supplier refused to deliver parts for the jet.
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H/T to Wired. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate, Contracting Division wants to have a demonstration for a Mach 5+ velocity weapon capable of fixed and mobile targets.
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