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KC-46A cleared for production

Posted on August 14, 2016August 14, 2016 by alert5

U.S. Under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, Frank Kendall, has signed off the Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tanker for low-rate initial production.

By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Love the PAK-FA air-to-air photo? Check out the video.

Posted on August 14, 2016August 14, 2016 by alert5

To mark the Russian Aerospace Force Day, the Russian Ministry of Defense released this video.

Nice air-to-air photo of PAK-FA

Posted on August 13, 2016 by alert5

B-52 releases JASSM from internal bay

Posted on August 13, 2016August 13, 2016 by alert5

Equipped with the new Conventional Rotary Launcher, a B-52H bomber has dropped not one but three Joint Attack Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) from its internal weapons bay for the first time.

U.S. Air Force image by Christian Turner
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Taiwan unveils its MQ-9 clone to the public at Hualien Air Force Base open house

Posted on August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 by alert5

Members of the public visiting the Hualien Air Force Base on Aug. 13 will get to see the Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicle parked on the tarmac.

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