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RAF to disband No. 15 Squadron next month

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by alert5

Preparations are underway to disband the Royal Air Force’s No. 15 (Reserve) Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth next month.

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First two pilots to go direct from flight school to F-35 are graduating this month

Posted on February 10, 2017 by alert5

The first two pilots to go direct from flight school to the F-35 conversion course will be graduating at the end of February.

Photo: USMC
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VP-5 is first P-8A squadron to win Battle ‘E’

Posted on February 10, 2017 by alert5

VP-5 has become the first Boeing P-8A squadron to win the Atlantic Fleet Battle Efficiency (“E”) award. The unit beat five other squadrons to the award.

Photo: U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy P-3 had close encounter with Chinese KJ-200

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by alert5

A U.S. Navy P-3 maritime patrol aircraft had an unsafe close encounter with a Chinese KJ-200 early warning aircraft near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, CNN reports.

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Luftwaffe has only one serviceable A400M, out of eight

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by alert5

The German Air Force revealed that seven out of its eight A400M transport planes are unable to fly. Days after Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen was forced to switch aircraft in Lithuania.

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