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Last Updated: Thursday, June 12, 2025, 12:03 AM PDT
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english.kyodonews.net
• KYODO NEWS
Japan reports near miss between Chinese fighter jet and SDF patrol plane
By english.kyodonews.net: A Chinese military aircraft had a near miss with a Japan Self-Defense Forces patrol plane over the high seas in the Pacific, flying just 45 meters away after taking off from a moving aircraft carrier,.
Wall Street Journal
Chinese Jets Tail Japanese Air Patrol in Close Encounter
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Climb inside Lockheed Martin’s latest F-16 flight simulator
By FlightGlobal: The resolution and real world physics incorporated into Lockheed Martin's latest Block 70/72 F-16 flight simulator offer the ability to train on highly delicate tasks like in-flight refuelling under day and night conditions, vastly improving on earlier generations of simulator technology.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
US Army to curtail VIP flights around Pentagon after fatal collision
By Reuters: The U.S. Army will curtail VIP military helicopter flights around the Pentagon after safety concerns were raised following the January 29 fatal collision of a Black Hawk helicopter with an American Airlines passenger jet near Reagan airport, a senator said on Wednesday.
DefenseNews.com
• Jen Judson
With new CH-47 variant back in flight tests, Boeing hopes for production contract
By DefenseNews.com: Boeing is expecting the Army to award a first production contract for the CH-47F Block II Chinook this fiscal year as it dives back into flight testing.
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Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
European Commission to ESA: ‘We’re not at war in the EU, but we’re living in a time of war. That changes everything’
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — European Defence and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius on June 10 addressed the….
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The War Zone
• Tyler Rogoway
E-2 Hawkeye Replaces US Air Force E-3 Sentry, E-7 Cancelled In New Budget
By The War Zone: The E-2D is far smaller than the E-7 and lacks some of its abilities, but it can fly from austere forward bases where the E-7 cannot.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Pentagon’s mega-constellation still hampered by supply chain issues: GAO report
By SpaceNews.com: Pentagon's mega-constellation still hampered by supply chain issues: GAO report Pentagon's mega-constellation still hampered by supply chain issues.
