The United States secretly approached Japan last year to purchase propellers from its US1A flying boats to equip Afghan C-27 transports.
KC-X winner could be announced Feb. 24
A U.S. senior defense official hinted that the winner of the protracted USAF refueling tanker contest could be unveiled as early as Thursday.
Six Gripens arrived in Thailand
It seems that the six Thai Gripens arrived one day earlier with all of them landing at Surat Thani yesterday night.
Commander U.S. 7th Fleet: U.S. to boost forces as China develops carrier
Vice Admiral Scott Van Buskirk, commander of the US 7th fleet, said Washington will boost its forces in the Pacific as China develops an aircraft carrier.
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Former naval aviators unhappy with ‘revisionist history’ of CoNA
A group of former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators are unhappy with the 100th anniversary of naval aviation timeline by the Naval Aviation Foundation.
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