HMS Ark Royal will be retired almost immediately instead of the planned 2014 retirement date.
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Nimrod MRA4 to be canceled
A leaked letter by British Defense Secretary Liam Fox to Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that the Nimrod MRA4 will be scrapped under a new defense review.
Taiwan to conduct review of Mirage 2000
Taiwan will look into the operational status of its Mirage 2000 fleet after it was revealed that the fleet has lower than expected flying hours.
Thai F-16A crashed
Thailand lost one of its F-16A on Monday when the jet crashed into a mountain in Ban Tak district of Tak province. The pilot did not survive the crash.
Two-man VX-31 SAR crew rescues downed pilot
Two members of NAWCWD’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Three One (VX-31) Search and Rescue (SAR) team rescued the pilot of a civilian aircraft that crashed in the desert on Edwards Air Force Base in August.