Month: November 2016

Qatar cleared to buy 72 F-15QAs

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on the potential sale of 72 Boeing F-15QAs to Qatar.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Debbie Hernandez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israel’s FrakenEagle

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by alert5

Remember the FrankenHornet from the Finnish Air Force? Well, the Israeli Air Force has carried out its own Frankenstein conversion of a F-15 Eagle.

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Holloman Air Force Base to get two F-16 Squadrons

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has decided to relocate 45 F-16s, two squadrons, from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Holloman Air Force, New Mexico.

By US Air Force from USA (Maintenance before flight) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Vietnam upgrading its airstrip in South China Sea too

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by alert5

Latest satellite images obtained by Center for Strategic and International Studies revealed extensive construction on Spratly Island – occupied by Vietnam – in the South China Sea.

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CC-177 had clipped Lethbridge Airport’s terminal building

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by alert5

A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 had a minor accident at Lethbridge Airport recently, the cargo jet’s wing tip clipped the airport’s terminal building as it taxied in to park.

By Alan Lebeda [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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