October 2021 – Alert 5

Another video of the first Japanese KC-46A to arrive home

Posted on October 31, 2021 by alert5

A-10 damaged by misfired cannon is back flying again after 3 years

Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 by alert5

A-10C, #80-0264, is back flying again after spending three years at Hill Air Force Base for restoration by the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group.

A-10 Thunderbolt II, tail number 80-0264, is towed to the flight line at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Oct. 22, 2021. The A-10 spent more than three years at Hill being restored by the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group after a sustaining damage from a gun misfire over Michigan’s Grayling Air Gunnery Range that forced the pilot to land without landing gear. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

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Watch the sundown ceremony of VMAT-203

Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 by alert5

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WC-135 flew off Chinese coast, probably to monitor nuclear power plants

Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force WC-135 approached the southern coast of China on Oct. 31 shortly before 8 a.m. local time.

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T-7A ejection seat testing at Holloman AFB

Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 by alert5

Ejection seat testing for the T-7A is underway at the Holloman High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base.

U.S. Air Force photo

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