Day: August 21, 2020

58 percent of Swiss voters favor buying new fighter jets

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by alert5

A poll conducted by Swiss broadcaster SRF showed that 58 percent of the respondents are in favor of the country buying new fighter jets.

Peter Gronemann from Switzerland [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Ten new Singapore CH-47Fs will go straight from Boeing to Australia

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by alert5

Nigel Pittaway reports that ten of the Boeing CH-47F helicopters that Singapore purchased in 2016 will be delivered straight to the Australian Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey.

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493rd Fighter Squadron – USAF’s top air superiority squadron for 2020

Posted on August 21, 2020 by alert5

The 48th Fighter Wing’s 493rd Fighter Squadron won the 2020 Raytheon Trophy.

HX-21 completes testing of MV-22’s new attitude mode at sea

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by alert5

HX-21 went out to sea with its MV-22 on board USS Wasp in May to test a new flight control capability at sea.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Air test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 takes off of the flight deck of the Aviation Logistics Support Ship (T-AVB3) S.S. Wright, Nov. 10, 2017. HX-21 assisted the Wright in acquiring their Aviation Facilities Certification to prove shipboard compatibility with MV-22 Ospreys. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cody J. Ohira)

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U.S. Air Force reactivates Fifteenth Air Force

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has reactivated the Fifteenth Air Force on Aug. 20 under Air Combat Command.

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