January 10, 2020

U.S. Army Apaches being armed with Spike NLOS

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Army is buying an unspecific number of Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) missiles for its Apache helicopters.

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121st Fighter Squadron’s F-16s now equipped with AN/APG-83

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alert5

Northrop Grumman announced on Jan. 9 that the U.S. Air Force has completed installation of AN/APG-83 AESA radars on Air National Guard F-16s at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The 121st Fighter Squadron is the ANG F-16 unit assigned to JB Andrews.

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#FighterFriday

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Capt William Miller, the executive officer for the 25 Flying Training Squadron flies in the squadrons T-38 Talon heritage plane on Dec. 10, 2019. The plane was designed to honor past visionaries and link current training to the 25th FTS heritage.(U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Octavius Thompson)

USN working on Actively Stabilized Refueling Drogue System

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The U.S. Navy has successfully carried out wind tunnel testing and demonstrations of its Actively Stabilized Refueling Drogue System (ASDRS) in August last year.

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Singapore cleared to buy 4 F-35Bs with options for 8 more

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The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 4 F-35s with options for 8 more to Singapore for an estimated cost of $2.750 billion.

Sgt. 1st Class MilagrosLaura Laura [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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