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RoKAF has set up new squadron to operate RQ-4

Posted on February 1, 2020 by alert5

The South Korean Defense Ministry says a new reconnaissance squadron to operate the RQ-4 was established last month.

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Last ace of Battle of Britain has passed away

Posted on February 1, 2020January 31, 2020 by alert5

Paul Farnes, the last ace of Battle of Britain, has passed away on Jan. 28. He was 101.

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Modly: “we will all be dead” when the USN reach a force level of 12 aircraft carriers

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 by alert5

Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly told the crowd at a session organized by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments that the service will not be able to reach a force level of 12 aircraft carriers until 2065.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lindsay A. Preston [Public domain]

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CO of VMFA-225 fired for making low-level pass during sundown ceremony

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 by alert5

The commanding officer of VMFA-225 has been fired for making a low-level flypast during the unit’s sundown ceremony of the F/A-18D on Jan. 23.

Marines and families of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, watch as the F/A-18 Hornet and F-35 Lightning II fly overhead during a Sundown Ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 25, 2019. VMFA-225 held the Sundown Ceremony to retire the Hornet from their ranks and introduce the F-35B Lightning II as their new aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi J. Guerra)

The first F-35 pilot to clock 1,000 hours on the jet

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 by alert5

Lt. Col. Brian W. Bann, a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B pilot, is the first person to clock more than 1,000 hours on the jet.

Maj. Brian Bann, F-35 pilot, prepares to exit a Norwegian F-35 Lightning II, June 29, 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Maj. Bann piloted Norway’s seventh F-35 to Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham)

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