Aviation News
Two U.S. Marine Corps AV-8Bs both encountered emergencies during a mission in Bahrain last year. One of the aircraft caught fire on a taxiway and the jet was armed.
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Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is expected to go for sea trials in the fall of 2022. The shipyard that is carrying out repair and upgrading work on the ship has posted a contract to paint the outer surface of the ship before Sept. 1, 2022.
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The U.S. Space Force has delayed the NROL-44 mission from June to Aug. 26. The reason for the postponement was not given.
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The Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has issued a statement confirming that a Embraer EMB-120RT was shot down by a Ethiopian Zu-23 anti-aircraft gun on May 4 at Bardale airstrip in Somalia.
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President of the Turkish Presidency Defense Industry (SSB), İsmail Demir, said on a YouTube live stream on May 7 that the SSB has no plans to start construction of the second amphibious assault ship (LHD) TCG Trakya.
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