Month: May 2016

Boeing is confident of keeping its fighter production lines alive into the 2020s

Posted on May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 by alert5

At Boeing’s annual meeting in Chicago, CEO Dennis Muilenburg told reporters that the company is confident that its F-15 and F/A-18 production line will still be churning out aircraft after 2020.

Photo: Boeing
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SP-MAGTF-CR-AF to lose six Ospreys

Posted on May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 by alert5

Six of the 12 MV-22Bs assigned to the U.S. Marine Air-Ground Task Force will be redeployed back to the United States to give the air crew and maintenance staff more time at home.

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Roll-out ceremony for first Israeli F-35 set for Jun. 22

Posted on May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 by alert5

Lockheed Martin will roll out the first F-35I for Israeli Air Force at Fort Worth on Jun. 22. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon will lead a high-level delegation to the ceremony.

Photo: Israeli Air Force

CNO Richardson said Russian warplanes should stop buzzing American warships

Posted on May 3, 2016 by alert5

The head of the U.S. Navy, Adm. John M. Richardson, hopes Russian warplanes should stop buzzing American warships as this increase the chance of a “tactical miscalculation.”

160412-N-ZZ999-009 BALTIC SEA (April 12, 2016) Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly over the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) Apr. 12, 2016. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) — 160412-N-ZZ999-009
BALTIC SEA (April 12, 2016) Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly over the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) Apr. 12, 2016. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

France wants more Hellfire missiles to support operations in Africa

Posted on May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 by alert5

France would like to amend a previously-approved Foreign Military Sale of AGM-114K1A Hellfire missiles and increase the number ordered from 112 to 200.

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