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Indonesian House of Representatives’ committee on defense and foreign affairs has cleared the acceptance of 14 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles and three Bell 412 helicopters from the United States.
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The U.S. Navy has changed the designation of its E-2 Hawkeye squadrons from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron to Airborne Command and Control Squadron.
ARABIAN SEA (July 3, 2019) An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the “Bluetails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 flies over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during an air power demonstration. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tristan Kyle Labuguen/Released)
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It has been reported that six Italian Eurofighters and 2 KC-767s were transiting Portsmouth International Airport at Pease this week.
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Gian Marco Anzellotti from Roma, Italia / CC BY
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On Feb. 25, Smithsonian declared that it had removed copyright restrictions from about 2.8 million of its digital collection images.
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