Alaska Airlines Flight 80 was flying from Anchorage to Seattle on Aug. 1 when the airliner chance upon the U.S. Navy Blue Angels carrying out a mid-air refueling near Yakutat.
Day: August 2, 2016
Incoming CO of USASMDC/ARSTRAT passed away suddenly
Maj. Gen. John Rossi was suppose to take command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command at Redstone Arsenal. However, he passed away on Jul. 31 on the installation.
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S-300, S-400 repelled simulated air strikes by MiG-29SMTs
A recent exercise in Russia’s Western Military District saw S-300 and S-400 air defense systems stationed in Leningrad and Moscow regions repelled simulated air strikes carried out by 12 MiG-29SMT fighters.
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Production engineering phase of B61-12 nuclear bomb life extension program approved
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved the production engineering phase of its B61-12 nuclear warhead life extension program (LEP).
Photo: NNSA
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F-35’s laser designator can only be activated in the U.S. due to strict rules
Minutes of a meeting by the U.K. Defence Ranges Safety Committee revealed that British F-35s are not allowed to use the on board laser designator outside the United States.
By User:Dammit (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 nl], via Wikimedia Commons
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