Day: July 20, 2021

Indonesia to buy another six T-50i jets

Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 by alert5

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced on Jul. 20 that Indonesia has decided to take up a follow on order for six T-50i advanced jet trainers.

Korea Aerospace Industriesmodified by FOX 52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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F-15Es and F-22s to perform flyover during Guam Liberation Day

Posted on July 20, 2021 by alert5

Two F-15Es and two F-22s are scheduled to perform a flyover to mark the 77th Guam Liberation Day on Jul. 21.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. Pacific Iron 2021 is a Pacific Air Forces dynamic force employment operation to project forces into the USINDOPACOM’s area of responsibility in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy which called on the military to be a more lethal, adaptive, and resilient force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)

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Japan begins search for successors of T-4 and T-7

Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 by alert5

Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency has published a notice to solicit information from the industry for the successors to the Fuji T-7 and Kawasaki T-4.

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British and U.S. Carrier Strike Groups to conduct exercise in Philippine Sea next month

Posted on July 20, 2021August 2, 2021 by alert5

The British government announced on Jul. 19 that the HMS Queen Elizabeth-led Strike Group will conduct a series of exercises in the Philippine Sea next month and this will include a U.S. Carrier Strike Group.

FULL UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP ASSEMBLED FOR FIRST TIME
The full UK Carrier Strike Group assembled for the first time during Group Exercise 2020 on 4th October. Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth leads a flotilla of destroyers and frigates from the UK, US and the Netherlands, together with two Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. It is the most powerful task force assembled by any European Navy in almost 20 years.

Photo: Royal Navy

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