Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) UH-60Js assigned to Hamamatsu Air Rescue Squadron practice helicopter air-to-air refueling with U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II and MC-130H Combat Talon II during exercise Teak Jet from Jun. 9-21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Month: June 2017
Blockade of Qatar forced USAF to make “milk run”
The blockade of Qatar by its surrounding neighbors has forced the U.S. Air Force to use cargo aircraft to deliver milk to Al Udeid Air Base.
By Senior Airman Janelle Patiño [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Watch the F-35B arriving in Okinawa for the first time
The F-35B arrived in Okinawa for the first time when two aircraft assigned to VMFA-121 touch down at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan on Jun. 26.
Video: USMC
Beriev signs contract to sell 2 Be-200s to Chinese company
A Chinese company has emerged as the newest and civilian operator of the Beriev Be-200 amphibious aircraft.
Photo: Beriev
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SCMP: Liaoning unlikely to be open to public visits in Hong Kong
Kristin Huang from South China Morning Post says Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning is expected to arrive in Hong Kong on Jul. 7 and will there for four-days.
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