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HMS Illustrious spent its four-day visit to Copenhagen by training with the Danish Armed Forces. A Royal Danish Air Force’s Lynx spent several hours training on her flight deck.
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The USMC’s Deputy Commandant for Aviation told Reuters that Israel, Canada and the United Arab Emirates are countries that are interested in the V-22 Osprey.
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USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Feb. 24 to prepare for a hull swap with USS Essex (LHD 2) later this spring.
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The wreckage of a drone that crashed in Pakistan was destroyed by a missile strike from another drone as Pakistani troops were searching for it nearby.
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The air wing in Kandahar, Afghanistan has carried its first air assault operation on Feb. 21.
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