The pilot of a Moroccan F-16 that crashed in Yemen has been identified as twenty-six year old Lt. Yassin Bohti.

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The Romanian Air Force will upgrade its 86th Air Base in Borcea to host the F-16s next year.

Romanian will spend 32 million euros to extend the runway by 300 meters and upgrade the hangars and other facilities.

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The U.S. Navy had a Sundown ceremony to mark the end of SH-60B operations at NAS North Island on May 11.

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HSM-49 Detachment 4 flew the last active-duty deployment of the SH-60B aboard USS Gary.
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A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W made a precautionary landing in the Los Angeles River on May 11.

The helicopter returned back to Camp Pendleton in the evening after technicians discovered that a gauge was malfunctioning.

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The Indian government will acquire two Boeing 777-300ER airliners and convert them for VVIP duties.

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The planes will come from Air India and modified by Boeing to carry airborne self-protection suites.

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Raytheon says flight testing of the new APG-79(V)X AESA for classic Hornets have verified the ability to give the legacy warplane Super Hornet-like capabilities.

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Two crew members on board a VFA-211 F/A-18F ejected safely after taking off from USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Arabian Gulf on May 12.

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BAE Systems Rokar’s Silver Bullet precision guidance kit was recently tested in Israel this Feburary.

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Northrop Grumman has launched a partnership with Italian firm Selex ES to import the latter’s infrared search track know-how to the United States.

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A Northrop Grumman spokeswoman told Defense News that further details would be provided in May.

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An Iranian general says his country will not reverse engineer the S-300 missile defense system.

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“S-300 is an operational system and doesn’t need reverse engineering,” Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said.

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