Alert 5

The F-35 Developmental Test team recently carried out a weapons delivery accuracy (WDA) surge as part of the development test of Block 3F software.

AF-6, Flt 517, LtCol Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton, WDA-306, Dual AIM-120 Live Fire, STR, 4 August 2017

Lockheed Martin announced that the first tactical configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) launch from a B-1B has taken place on Aug. 17.

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A documentary film about the late Japanese fighter ace Kaname Harada is being screen at a theater in Nagano until Aug. 25.

The Luftwaffe Tornado detachment at Holloman Air Force Base is winding down its operations there and a final joint mission with Holloman’s F-16 unit is flown on Aug. 17.

A German air force Tornado and an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 314th Fighter Squadron, fly in formation together during the last joint flying mission here at Holloman Air Force Base, Aug. 17, 2017. The GAF has entered its final stage of departure, however they will not complete their departure from Holloman AFB until mid 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Bradford “Emcon” Brizek)

The RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2B upgrade will introduce an upgraded seeker and missile-to-missile link (MML) capability, Jane’s reported.

By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America (USS Carl Vinson conducts a live fire exercise.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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