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KAI’s CEO pledge to resign if T-50A fails to win T-X competition

Posted on August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by alert5

The CEO of Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI), Ha Sung-yong, said he will resign from his post if the company’s T-50A jet fails to win the U.S. Air Force T-X jet trainer competition.

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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63rd Fighter Squadron activated to train Turkish F-35 pilots

Posted on August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force activated the 63rd Fighter Squadron on Aug. 1 at Luke Air Force Base. The unit will be responsible for training F-35 pilots for Turkey.

Col. Benjamin Bishop, 56th Operations Group commander, passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Matthew Vedder as he assumes command of the 63rd Fighter Squadron Aug. 1, 2016 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The 63rd FS is scheduled to begin accepting F-35 Lightning II jets in March 2017 and will be joined by partner nation Turkey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devante Williams)

F-35A: The Road to United States Air Force Initial Operational Capability

Posted on August 3, 2016 by alert5

MiG-29, Su-30SM to stage mock dogfight at Aviamix airshow

Posted on August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by alert5

A Russian MiG-29 will dogfight a Su-30SM during the aerial display segment of the Aviamix airshow on Aug. 6.

By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (RF-93824 SU-30SM) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-35A is read for combat

Posted on August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by alert5

After a long and difficult endeavor, the land-based variant of the F-35 has been declared combat ready by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) on Aug. 2.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Haseltine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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