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USAF to restructure 57th Operations Group to focus on CAS integration

Posted on August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force is planning to enhance its focus on close air support mission by restructuring the 57th Operations Group and assign a F-16 squadron to the group at Nellis Air Force Base.

U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz
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British F-35s to be armed with updated ASRAAM

Posted on August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 by alert5

Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B fleet will be armed with an updated version of the MBDA ASRAAM heat-seeking air-to-air missile, the British Ministry of Defense announced on Aug. 16.

By Defence Imagery (defenceimagery.mod.uk) [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

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RAF Eurofighters conducting low-level flights across Estonia

Posted on August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 by alert5

This week, the Royal Air Force Eurofighter detachment in the Baltic States will be making low-level training flights at 500ft in Estonia, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.

Photo: SAC Ben Stevenson/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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