Aviation News
A U.S. Air Force squadron that has been inactive since February 1947 was stood up at Nellis Air Force Base on Jun. 20 as the 6th Weapons Squadron.
![170620-F-JV039-004[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170620-F-JV039-0041.jpg)
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. Sarver
Continue reading “USAF squadron stood up after 70 years of inactivity; will teach the F-35A weapons instructor course”
Social media reports said U.S. Navy F/A-18E BuNo. 168914 from VFA-87 was involved in the shooting down of a Syrian Su-22 on Jun. 18.
.jpg)
By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet ‘168914 / AJ-304’) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “This F/A-18E fired a AIM-9 and AIM-120 to down the Syrian Su-22”
F-35As grounded at Luke Air Force Base have resumed flying on Jun. 21. The 11-day pause was imposed after five physiological events occurred during flights from May 2-Jun. 8.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
At the annual meeting of the Swedish Air Force Fan Club in Paris on Jun. 18, the commanding officer of South African Air Force 2 Squadron told attendees that his unit’s Gripens are tasked with searching for rhinoceros poachers near the Zimbabwe border.
.jpg)
By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Saab JAS-39C Gripen ‘3920 / 20’) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “South Africa employing Gripens to track rhinoceros poachers”
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Jun. 20 that its LORA (Long-Range Artillery weapon system) was successfully fired from a cargo ship out at sea.
Continue reading “IAI fired a short-range ballistic missile from a cargo ship out at sea”