Month: January 2021

U.S. obtained a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system from Libya

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by alert5

The Times reports that a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system was cpatured in Libya and turned over to the United States.

Vitaly V. Kuzmin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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USAF will attempt to operate F-16s, F-35s from airfield inside the jungle of Guam

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by alert5

Next month’s Exercise Cope North 2021 will see the U.S. Air Force push its Agile Combat Employment to the next level by having fighters operate out of an airfield that is located in the jungle of Guam.

An aerial view of the Pacific Regional Training Center Oct. 4, 2012, at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The training grounds are home to multiple Air Force squadrons and offers space operations, training classrooms and warehouse storage for vital equipment in support of contingency and humanitarian operations around the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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HD video of Super Hornet ski jump take off

Posted on January 27, 2021 by alert5

The last F-22 to complete the Structural Repair Program

Posted on January 27, 2021 by alert5

All 247 F-22 fighters of the U.S. Air Force have completed the Structural Repair Program that increases the total flying hour serviceability on each aircraft by 8,000 hours.

Scott Kuszmaul, 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals Maj. Philip “Stonewall” Johnson, 514th Flight Test Squadron F-22 test pilot, as he begins his taxi roll at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Nov. 24, 2020, prior to a functional check flight in the last F-22 Raptor to complete the F-22 Structural Repair Program. The 574th AMXS processed 247 F-22s through the program by performing structural modifications to increase total flying hour serviceability on each aircraft by 8,000 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

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1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion receives the AH-64E V6

Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Army’s 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion is now operating the most capable attack helicopter in the world after receiving the AH-64E V6 this month.

A group of AH-64E version 6 Apache helicopters depart the Boeing manufacturing facilities at Mesa, Ariz. 13 January bound for Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Wash. The aircraft will be delivered to the
1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion. With the fielding of these aircraft, the 1-229th ARB, becomes first operational unit to add the Apache V6 aircraft to its inventory. (Photo Courtesy Boeing Mesa)

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