Month: August 2020

A USAF CV-22 is stranded 23 miles south of Fort Sumner

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 tiltrotor assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron has been stranded in a field about 23 miles south of Fort Sumner since Aug. 10.

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., flies over New Mexico to take Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cory Olson, AFSOC command chief, out to Melrose Air Force Range July 15, 2019. The 20th SOS showed CV-22 capabilities including low-level maneuvers and landing operations. While out at MAFR, they received a briefing from wing leadership about the full capabilities of the range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)

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Taiwan to modify Phalanx CIWS for air field defense

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by alert5

Taiwan has decided not to buy three sets of Centurion C-RAM system from the United States after it was told by the Pentagon that no evaluation testing data exists for the Centurion as it was urgent development program to counter rocket and mortar attacks on bases in Iraq.