Day: June 4, 2018

Draken International expands ADAIR training to Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base

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Draken International had deployed several of its L-159Es to Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base, Klamath Falls, Oregon to provide Adversary Air (ADAIR) training to 173rd Fighter Wing.

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120th Fighter Squadron deploys to Eastern Europe for Saber Strike 18

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Pilot Maj. Joshua Rasmussen, from the 120th Fighter Squadron, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard taxis into place in an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Amari Air Base, Estonia in support of Saber Strike 18, June 1, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. This year’s exercise will take place June 3-15, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities with an additional key objective to train with NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer)

AAG begins recovery of C-2 and E-2 aircraft

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The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system at the Runway Arrested Landing Site in Lakehurst, N.J. has started to recover the Grumman E-2 and C-2 series of carrier-borne aircraft.

Photos: U.S. Navy

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Russia says it can resume production of An-124 under a new brand

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Yuri Sytnik, a Russian member of the presidential commission on civil aviation, spoke on radio program “Says Moscow” and said Russia could resume the production of the An-124 and rebrand it.

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