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The 489th Bomb Group was reactivated on Oct. 17 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, exactly 70 years after it was inactivated after World War II.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Quay Drawdy
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Four Royal Air Force Eurofighters, accompanied by a MRTT tanker, were in Malta overnight on Oct. 19. Malta Armed Forces declined to reveal the jets’ next destination.
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By Mark Harkin (ZK316/FA Typhoon RAF) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The first ballistic missile interception by a SM-3 interceptor in the North Atlantic Ocean took place on Oct. 20. USS Ross fired the missile which intercepted a short-range Terrier Orion ballistic missile target. The cues for the firing solution came from Dutch and Spanish warships.
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Belarus plans to purchase the Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter after 2020 to replace the country’s MiG-29s, the head of Belorussian Air Force said on Oct. 20.
By Konstantin Tyurpeko (http://russianplanes.net/id158633) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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