Day: December 18, 2019

Congress has blocked USAF’s plan to form F-35A aggressor unit

Posted on December 18, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Congress has added language in the next defense budget to stop the U.S. Air Force from transferring nine non-combat capable F-35As from Eglin Air Force Base to Nellis to standup the 65th Aggressor Squadron.

F-35 Lighting II fighter jets, assigned to the 6th Weapons Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 10, 2017. The United States Air Force Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world’s most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daryn Murphy/Released)

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Israel to buy KC-46A and V-22s after new government is formed

Posted on December 18, 2019 by alert5

Breaking Defense reports that Israel has asked the U.S. government to give up two production slots for the KC-46A aerial refueling tanking in order for the Israeli Air Force to take early delivery of the aircraft.

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