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Posted on January 28, 2022 by alert5

An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona prepares to take off from a dry lakebed during Green Flag West 22-03 at Fort Irwin, California, Jan. 19, 2022. Throughout the exercise, Airmen executed the Agile Combat Employment concept to train, teach and learn each other’s mission and to execute combat airpower anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

RAAF send F-35As to Exercise Cope North for the first time

Posted on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 by alert5

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is bringing its F-35A fighters to Guam for Exercise Cope North 2022 with the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

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Dassault says talks with Airbus over NGF “not always easy”

Posted on January 27, 2022 by alert5

Dassault Chief Executive Officer Eric Trappier told the press that talks with Airbus on the New Generation Fighter have hit a roadblock over “division of labor.”

Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. seeking to deploy MQ-9s at JMSDF Kanoya air base

Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 by alert5

According to the NHK, the United States is seeking permission from Tokyo to deploy seven MQ-9s at Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Kanoya air base in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Kuwaiti Hornets might go to USMC

Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 by alert5

Speaking to Breaking Defense, a Kuwait-based defense analyst has said that the U.S. Marine Corps is interested in taking over Kuwait’s F/A-18s when they are retired from service.

Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons

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