December 7, 2018

T-38 that crashed last month was making emergency landing when it went down

Posted on December 7, 2018 by alert5

The pilots of a T-38 were making an emergency landing at Laughlin Air Force Base when it crashed on Nov. 13.

Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Airbus to partner with Lockheed Martin and offer A330 MRTT to U.S. government

Posted on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin and Airbus announced recently that the two companies have signed a memorandum of agreement to “explore opportunities” to meet “growing demand” from U.S. defense customers for aerial refueling.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Japan’s LDP working team has agreed to replace 99 F-15s with F-35s

Posted on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 by alert5

Mainichi reports that a working team from Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito have agreed in principal to a plan to replace 99 F-15s with the F-35.

航空自衛隊 [GJSTUv1], via Wikimedia Commons