H/T Tony. Data from flight tracking sites showed that five U.S. Air Force KC-135 aerial refueling tankers flew to the South China Sea on the night of Nov. 5.
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Day: November 6, 2021
Up to eight MiG-23s are being restored back to flying condition in the U.S.
Two MiG-23s are currently being restored back to flying condition at the East Texas Regional Airport by Unknown Aircraft Company.
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Rob Schleiffert from Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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A-10C that made belly landing last year is back flying again, with the same pilot at the controls
A-10C #81-095 is back flying again after restoration by the 75th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The attack jet was forced to make a belling landing on Apr. 7 at Moody Air Force Base last year after a failure of its 30mm cannon disabled the jet’s landing gear, and blew off the canopy.
U.S. Air Force photo by Andrea Jenkins
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Story of how Reach 806 landed in Kabul without normal runway lighting
The crew of a C-17 from the 3rd Airlift Squadron was on its fourth mission to ferry passengers out from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan when they found out that the normal airfield lighting was out.
English: Sgt. Matt Lyman, USMC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Deputy Division Director from China’s Ministry of State Security convicted by U.S. jury
A Deputy Division Director with China’s Ministry of State Security has been convicted by a U.S. federal jury for attempting to steal trade secrets from General Electric.