Pakistan has taken delivery of its second batch of two P-3C maritime surveillance planes on Tuesday. Pakistan order six aircraft but the first two were destroyed by terrorists in May last year.
The U.S. Navy is looking at how to dispose its four super aircraft carriers.
An F-35A at Edwards Air Force Base carried out first external weapons test mission on Feb. 16. The weapons load for this mission involved carrying two AIM-9X missiles on the outboard wing stations with two GBU-31s and two AIM-120s inside the two internal weapon bays.
The U.S. Navy plans to decommission VAW-77 on Sept. 30. The unit is based at Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base New Orleans.
Some are questioning why the Pentagon has decided to promote a former F-14 pilot who is banned from flying after shooting down a USAF RF-4C during a training exercise 25 years ago.
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The U.S. Navy is bringing back a search-and-rescue helicopter unit at NAS Lemoore after a eight-year absence.
The Royal Navy’s Wildcat helicopter has completed trials aboard HMS Iron Duke. Over a span of twenty-days, the helicopter landed nearly 400 times on the frigate’s flight deck by day and night in various weather conditions.
A Searcher MK II UAV from the Indian Navy crashed into a hill on Thursday while on a surveillance mission.
A Russia official revealed that Russia and Vietnam are planning to build facilities in Vietnam for the production of the Uran (NATO: SS-N-25 Switchblade) anti-ship missile this year.
The U.S. Navy has announced the names of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers which will be forward deployed to Rota, Spain.
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