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#FighterFriday

Posted on May 24, 2019May 22, 2019 by alert5

An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 93rd Fighter Squadron, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., takes off at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, May 21, 2019. The unit’s deployment to RAF Lakenheath demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s ability to integrate a total force team into U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa training and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Herzog)

First two Romanian student pilots arrive at Sheppard Air Force Base

Posted on May 24, 2019May 23, 2019 by alert5

The first two Romanian student pilots to join the Euro-Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training Program at Sheppard Air Force Base have arrived to begin training.

United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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China has started inspecting its second set of S-400 system

Posted on May 24, 2019May 23, 2019 by alert5

TASS says China has started to inspect the second set of S-400 air defense missile system it ordered at the Kapustin Yar practice range.

By Соколрус [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons

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Philippines wants to acquire excess USN P-3C

Posted on May 24, 2019May 23, 2019 by alert5

Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on May 22 that his country is seeking at least one fully-equipped P-3C.

MC1 Jay C. Pugh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Launch of BRP Jose Rizal

Posted on May 24, 2019May 23, 2019 by alert5

The Philippine Navy’s first guided missile frigate – BRP Jose Rizal – was launched in South Korea on May 23.

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