alert5, Author at Alert 5 - Page 881 of 5539

Misawa F-16C mishap report is out

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by alert5

Last year, a U.S. Air Force F-16 assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron accidentally dropped an inert GBU-12 bomb outside the range in Japan. Pacific Air Force has released the mishap report.

Senior Airman Derek Vanhorn / Public domain
Continue reading “Misawa F-16C mishap report is out”

LauncherOne to launch 3 missions for USSF

Posted on April 14, 2020April 13, 2020 by alert5

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne will launch three dedicated missions for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) under Space Test Program-S28 (STP-S28).

Continue reading “LauncherOne to launch 3 missions for USSF”

Elbit awarded 2 contracts to upgrade Hermes 900 for Latin American customers

Posted on April 14, 2020April 13, 2020 by alert5

Elbit system says it has secured two contracts from Latin American customers to upgrade the capabilities of their Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicles.

Tal Inbar / Attribution

Continue reading “Elbit awarded 2 contracts to upgrade Hermes 900 for Latin American customers”

#MachMonday

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alert5

Delivery of Rafales to India will likely be in July

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 by alert5

India will likely have to wait till July to get its Rafale jets on home soil, according to The Hindu.

By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Rafale B) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

Continue reading “Delivery of Rafales to India will likely be in July”