The fin from a Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) fell from a VFA-131 F/A-18C on Thursday and got itself embedded onto a truck in Virginia Beach. Picture of the mishap in the article.
Americans leave Pakistan’s Shamsi Air Base
CNN on Friday reported that American personnel operating drones in Pakistan’s Shamsi Air Base have left.
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Helicopter destroys Somali pirate ship with missiles
A suspected Somali pirate ‘mother ship’ was destroyed by an unidentified helicopter using two missiles near Hobyo on the Somali coast on Thursday night.
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HMS Illustrious’ flight deck getting paint to allow Harriers to operate
The Scotsman reports that HMS Illustrious, undergoing a refit at Rosyth, is getting a special paint applied on its flight deck so that Harriers can operate off it.
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Venlet: F-35 unlikely to achieve IOC in 2016
Vice Adm. David Venlet, head of the F-35 project, told reporters on Thursday that the initial operational capability of the jet might be after 2016.
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