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India’s Phalcon fleet has poor availability rate

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has given hints that the Phalcon AEW&C fleet suffers from poor availability rate and shortage of air crews.

Beriev A-50EI Mainstay2009
By Michael Sender (Michael Sender) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is first carrier to test the MK 234 decoy

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is the first aircraft carrier to test the MK 234 Nulka countermeasure on Dec. 16.

US Navy 090426-N-9988F-135 The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) operates in the Arabian Sea displaying signal flags that read IKE, CVN 69, GR8R EACH DAY
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Figueroa Medina [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Foreign press given tour of Russian cruiser Moskva anchored off Syria

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

Journalists from international news agencies were given a tour of Russian missile cruiser Moskva while it was anchored off Latakia, Syria on Dec. 18.

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Posted in Air Defense, Navy

Brand new JF-17 appears in Chengdu

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

A newly assembled JF-17 has been photographed in Chengdu. This suggest that the Chengdu plant has a production line besides the one in Pakistan.

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Ex-Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias to be sold as scrap

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

The Spanish government will sell off its former flagship of the Navy, aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias, as scrap. The asking price starts from 4.8 million euros.

SNS Principe de Asturias (R11) during Dragon Hammer 92
By PHC JACK C. BAHM [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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