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T-50A first U.S. flight scheduled on Nov. 17

Posted on November 14, 2016November 14, 2016 by alert5

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) revealed that its T-50A advanced jet trainer will be making its first U.S. flight at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Pilot Training facility in Greenville on Nov. 17.

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Photos from Exercise Torrent 2016; CC-BY-SA free for commercial use

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016 by alert5

By Alert5 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Serbia needs to pay $50 million for six second-hand MiG-29s

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016 by alert5

Serbia’s Naslovna Strana newspaper quoted a government official as saying that Moscow is demanding $50 million for the repair and transfer of six MiG-29s.

By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_0637) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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PLAAF confirms the death of its first J-10 woman pilot

Posted on November 13, 2016 by alert5

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has announced the death of its first J-10 woman pilot during a training accident involving a J-10YS on Nov. 12. Capt. Yu Xu was 30 years-old.

PLAAF August 1st fatal accident, woman pilot killed

Posted on November 12, 2016November 15, 2016 by alert5

We are getting reports that the PLAAF August 1st aerobatic team had a mid-air collision today in ~~Tangshan~~ Yutian county, Hebei province and a woman pilot was killed. Chinese social media identified the pilot as Capt. Yu Xu.

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