Israeli Air Force plans flyover of Dachau and Munich next month

Israel’s Channel 12 television station reported on Aug. 2 that the Israeli Air Force is sending its fighter jets to Germany for joint exercise with the Luftwaffe next month and the pilots will be flying over the Dachau concentration camp and Olympic Village in Munich to honor the memory of those who perished there.

IAF F-15 over Auschwitz extermination camp
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First four-ship F-16 test of the APG-83 AESA radar that can target an aircraft cockpit

Testers from the U.S. Air Force’s 40th Flight Test Squadron and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron carried out the first four-ship F-16 formation test of the new APG-83 AESA radar on Jul. 2.

Four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 96th Test Wing and the 53rd Wing stand ready for takeoff at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 2, 2020. This mission tested the new APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar before fielding this capability to the Air Force’s F-16 fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Tristan McIntire)

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