USAF 314th Fighter Squadron vs USMC VMFA-314

The 314th Fighter Squadron brought 16 F-16s to MCAS Miramar for the Basic Course students and instructor pilots to have dissimilar air combat training (DACT) with marines from VMFA-314.

Airmen from the 314th Aircraft Maintenance Unit conduct post-flight maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 4, 2019, on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. The 314th Fighter Squadron pilots conducted dissimiliar combat air training alongside F/A-18 Hornets from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Groening)

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U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to buy 2 sets of Iron Dome

Two U.S. lawmakers have introduce the “U.S.-Israel Indirect Fire Protection Act of 2019 (H.R. 3186) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to procure two Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system batteries.”

Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Iron Dome Intercepts Rockets from the Gaza Strip
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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