The United States Navy (USN) is the largest and most capable navy in the world and it has been estimated that in terms of tonnage of its active battle fleet alone, it is larger than the next 13 navies combined, which includes 11 U.S. allies or partner nations. USN has …
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U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jet suffered extensive damage Thursday when it struck a bird as it was approaching Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, officials said. According to the city’s Office of Military and Veteran Affairs the F-16 Fighting Falcon was approaching the runway when a bird became lodged in …
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People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) bomber fleet is steadily being modernized, and plans call for a next-generation stealthy, multi-role bomber. According to a study by Rick Joe at The Diplomat, Chinese publications began speculating about the H-20 in the early 2010s. In September 2016, the Ministry of National Defense …
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According to policy alert issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday. Some children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States Previously, all children born to U.S. citizen parents were considered to be “residing in …
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In an apparent effort to boost its dwindling fighter squadron strength, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is pushing a proposal to acquire 33 new combat aircraft including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi 30s. Plans to buy the Russian fighter aircraft will be discussed during a high-level meeting at the Indian …
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The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) unveiled a scale model of a previously unseen newest cruise missile at the 2019 MAKS air show being held near Moscow from 27 August to 1 September. The new missile, dubbed Mobeen, is supposedly equipped with a digitized scene-mapping area correlator (DSMAC) and a …
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In a major boost for India’s aerial firepower, the Indian Air Force is set to receive the ‘building blaster’ version of the Balakot air strike-fame Spice-2000 bombs by mid-September. New Delhi had signed a contract for the acquisition of 100 Spice-2000 bombs at a cost of $41.67 million. The delivery …
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MAKS is an international air show held at Zhukovsky International Airport, the home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Moscow, Russia. Air show is packed with new insights into the future of Russian aviation combined with some rare and fascinating projects from …
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A US Navy’s T-45C Goshawk began Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) performance testing at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, according to a picture released on August 27. The new advanced arresting gear system, or AAG, will replace the traditional arresting cable on the …
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U.S. President Donald Trump released an official and relatively high resolution annotated U.S. intelligence image of the recent failed space launch at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Space Center via Twitter and confirmed that it involved a Safir space launch vehicle. Trump also declared that the United States had no hand in …
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