Day: May 26, 2017

Russia fighter perform barrel-roll over a KC-10

Posted on May 26, 2017 by alert5

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, recently took a teleconference call with reporters back in the U.S. and Harrigian said a fighter jet from Russia had perform a barrel-roll over a U.S. Air Force KC-10 while both aircraft were flying in Syria.

A 380th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-10 Extender launches from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 10, 2017. The KC-10s have contributed to Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve by offloading fuel to various Coalition aircraft working to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

Iskander-M deployed to Tajikistan for exercise

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The Iskander-M road mobile short-range ballistic missile system is making its debut at the Dushanbe-Anti-Terror 2017 drills in Tajikistan.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/654) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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F-22 Flying Test Bed is now based in St. Louis

Posted on May 26, 2017 by alert5

Boeing’s highly modified 757 airliner that serves as an F-22 avionics laboratory is now based in St. Louis, Missouri, a press release from Edwards Air Force Base has disclosed.

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