October 23, 2016

USAF engineers open Iraqi airfield damaged by ISIL

Posted on October 23, 2016 by alert5

Engineers from the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group have successfully repaired Qayyarah West Airfield in Iraq. The runway there was extensively damaged by ISIL to prevent coalition forces from using it.

By Marine Corps photo by Capt. Ryan E. Alvis [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Watch RAF Eurofighters arrive in Japan for the first time

Posted on October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 by alert5

Four Royal Air Force Eurofighters touched down at Misawa Air Base, Japan on Oct. 22 after departing from Malaysia.

Avianca 787 was tracked by Venezuelan military aircraft

Posted on October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 by alert5

An Avianca Boeing 787 flying from Madrid to Bogota made a sharp turn over Venezuelan airspace on Oct. 21 after the crew found out that a Venezuelan military aircraft was in close proximity.

By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Boeing 787-8 ‘N783AV’ Avianca) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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