Month: September 2022

Luftwaffe bringing three Eurofighters to Hyakuri Air Base, Japan

Posted on September 22, 2022 by alert5

Japan has officially acknowledged that three Eurofighters from the German Air Force will be arriving at Hyakuri Air Base on Sept. 28.

English: Abasaa日本語: あばさー, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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KF-21N

Posted on September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 by alert5

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has displayed a model of the KF-21N, carrier-borne fighter at the Defense Expo Korea 2022.

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U.S. Army issues RFI for new missile to replace TOW

Posted on September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Missiles and Space (M&S) has issued a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) for the Close Combat Missile System-Heavy (CCMS-H).

A Soldier from the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, shoots a Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wireless-Guided (TOW) Missile from the Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMV) on Range 48 at Fort Drum, N.Y., Mar. 2, 2022. Observers cannot stand within a 45 degree angle radius of the back of the HMV in order to not be in a position to be hit by shrapnel from the blast. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Pierre Osias)

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Northrop Grumman to roll out B-21 this December

Posted on September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force announced that Northrop Grumman would roll out the B-21 bomber in the first week of December at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.

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CNAFR flew his last flight on P-3 as USN prepares to sundown the last Orion squadron

Posted on September 20, 2022 by alert5

Rear Adm. Brad Dunham, Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve, was at Ault Field in Oak Harbor, Washington on Sept. 14 to fly his last flight in the P-3.

Reserve Deputy Commander Rear Adm. Brad Dunham, Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve, enters the P-3C Orion for his final flight with Patrol Squadron (VP) 69 at Ault Field in Oak Harbor, Washington September 14, 2022. VP-69, a Navy reserve squadron, is slated to complete their transition to P-8 Poseidon aircraft later this year, sundowning the P-3C Orion for Navy operational squadrons. (U.S Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Aranza Valdez)

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