Skip to content

Alert 5

Aviation News

  • About
  • Privacy Policy

Author: alert5

IAI hands over first of two G550 CAEW to Italian Air Force

Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 by alert5

The Italian Air Force has taken delivery of the first of two G550 Conformal Airborne Early Warning (CAEW) system from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in Israel on Dec. 19.

42330[1]
Photo: IAI
Continue reading “IAI hands over first of two G550 CAEW to Italian Air Force”

Posted in Air Force, Industry

RoCAF F-16 made an emergency landing

Posted on December 20, 2016 by alert5

A Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-16 had to make an emergency landing at Ching Chuan Kang in Taichung after one of the electrical generator on board the aircraft failed in flight.

ROCAF F-16A 6623 Flight Demonstration in Ching Chuang Kang Air Force Base 20161126a
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “RoCAF F-16 made an emergency landing”

Posted in Air Force

Serbia keen to buy Buk air defense missile system

Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 by alert5

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic disclosed that he will ask discuss with Moscow over the sale of the Buk air defense missile system during an official visit to Russia this week.

9M317 surface-to-air missile of Buk-M2E
By Yuriy Lapitskiy (originally posted to Flickr as 9M317) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Serbia keen to buy Buk air defense missile system”

Posted in Air Defense

RQ-4 monitored Chinese warplanes as they flew off Taiwan

Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 by alert5

Taiwan’s United Daily News reported that a U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk was flying high above the Pacific Ocean, monitoring a flight of Chinese warplanes circumnavigating off Taiwan on Dec. 10.

00ff5ebe7cac19bc62d110[1]
Continue reading “RQ-4 monitored Chinese warplanes as they flew off Taiwan”

Posted in Air Force, UAV

RoKAF F-16 Block 32 upgrade program completed

Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 by alert5

South Korea says it has completed the upgrade of 35 F-16 Block 32 fighters that was started back in October 2013.

F-16Cs ROKAF over Kunsan AB 2007
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jack Braden (U.S. Air Force website photo 071114-F-1851B-211) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “RoKAF F-16 Block 32 upgrade program completed”

Posted in Air Force, Industry

Posts pagination

Back 1 … 1,979 1,980 1,981 1,982 1,983 … 5,560 Next

Categories

WordPress Theme: Blog Guten by TwoPoints.