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Day: March 31, 2020

VMM-362 achieves FOC

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VMM-362 has been declared fully operational capable on Feb. 28. The unit is assigned to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

A Marine MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 (VMM-362), based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, takes off, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Nov. 19, 2019. The VMM-362 are training in combat search and rescue with the 190th Fighter Squadron at Saylor Creek Range, Idaho. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Ryan White)

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RoKAF orders Mode 5 IFF and Link 16 for its F-16 Block 32 fleet

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The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) has decided to upgrade its F-16 Block 32 aircraft with Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and Link 16 Tactical Datalink (TDL).

A Republic of Korea Air Force F-16D Falcon flies during a training exercise Oct. 8, 2019. The Fighting Falcon’s key features include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control system which helps to make it an agile aircraft. The ROKAF has flown the F-16D since 1989. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Seefeldt)

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