All Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighters are back flying after a recent grounding with the last batch of aircraft resumed operations in Okinawa.
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Harriers, Predators missed al Qaeda leader by inches
An air strike by USMC Harrier fighters, Predator drones and a special operations aircraft missed killing an al Qaeda leader in Yemen by inches on May 5, 2011.
Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney to fork out $283 million for F-35 cost overruns
Vice Admiral David Venlet, program manager for the F-35, said Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney will pay as much as $283 to cover one-third of the $918 million cost overrun on the first 28 F-35 fighters.
Britain wants to trade F-35B for F-35C
Now that Britain has switch to the catapult version of the F-35, the country is stuck with an extra F-35B on its hands.
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Thai Black Hawk crashed in Myanmar whilst trying to recover bodies from another crash
A Thai military Black Hawk helicopter has crashed while trying to recover bodies from an earlier helicopter crash.
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