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USS John F. Kennedy: America’s Next Super Aircraft Carrier Is Almost 50% Complete

USS John F. Kennedy: America's Next Super Aircraft Carrier Is Almost 50% Complete

John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier being built for the United States Navy. The ship is under construction and planned to be commissioned in 2020. On 15 January 2009, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding was awarded a $374 million contract for design …

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Pilot Grounded as Air India flight Landed on the wrong (under-construction) runway in Maldives

Pilot Grounded as Air India flight Landed on the wrong (under-construction) runway in Maldives

Pilot Grounded as Air India flight AI263, an Airbus A320neo  with 136 passengers on board landed on a runway that was under construction at Male Velana International Airport in the Maldives. The wheels of the airplane as well as the brakes assemblies were seriously damaged and have to be replaced.   …

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Saudi Arabia Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport

Saudi Arabia Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport

Royal Saudi Arabia National Guard Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport – Saudi Arabia The military helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances during a training exercise. An American trainer died in the crash, the trainee pilot was injured. The Saudi statement gave the trainer’s name as Paul Reedy and …

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