Day: June 13, 2018

Iraqi Air Force’s 12 T-50IQs

Posted on June 13, 2018 by alert5

The Iraqi Air Force recently allowed the media to take a look at 12 of the KAI T-50IQs there were delivered to the country.

Photo: Iraqi Air Force

F-15s at Kadena AB, Japan to resume flying this week

Posted on June 13, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force’s 18th Wing will lift the ban for F-15 flights this week, after a F-15 crashed on Jun. 11 off Okinawa.

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron takes off during a training sortie June 7, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Kadena’s F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons conduct training missions frequently in order to build strategic partnerships and maintain peace and stability in the Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

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Aero Vodochody and IAI to offer L-159 for OA-X competition

Posted on June 13, 2018 by alert5

Aero Vodochody has partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries to offer the former’s L-159 for the U.S. Air Force’s OA-X close air support program.

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Estonia will continue acquiring Mistral SHORAD missiles

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The Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) and MBDA signed a contract on Jun. 12 to supply Estonia with the Mistral SHORAD missiles under a $58 million contract.

Estonian Army Cpt. Kaimo Jurnas, the Air Defense School commander of the Air Defense Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, allows a child to look through the scope of a Mistral short-range air-defense missile system during a community engagement event in Tapa, Estonia, May 29, 2016. Soldiers from Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, also participated in the event. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Steven M. Colvin)

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Qatar will equip its Rafales with Sniper targeting pod

Posted on June 13, 2018June 12, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin has announced during the Eurosatory exhibition that Qatar has selected the company’s Sniper targeting pod for its Rafale fighter fleet.

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