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PLAAF refutes report that J-20 has entered service

Posted on June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 by alert5

The PLAAF took a rare step on May 31 to refute media reports that the J-20 stealth fighter has entered service.

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RAF air strike statistics in Iraq, Syria

Posted on June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 by alert5

The British government has released the data on the number of air strikes carried out by its warplanes in Iraq and Syria under Operation Shader.

Photo: Sgt Gordy Elias/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian Aerospace Forces testing the SR-10

Posted on June 1, 2016 by alert5

RIA Novosti reports that the Russian Aerospace Forces is flight testing the forward-swept wing SR-10 jet trainer in the Moscow Region.

By Doomych (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Swedish JAS 39C/D fleet upgraded to MS 20 standard

Posted on June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 by alert5

Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) reported that the country’s JAS 39C/D fleet has been upgraded to the latest MS 20 standard.

Photo: FMV
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This airman has launch all USAF combat-coded bombers

Posted on June 1, 2016 by alert5

Master Sgt. Jeremy Michael Hord from the U.S. Air Force’s 379th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron holds the record of having launch every active bomber in the Air Force’s inventory into combat.

Master Sgt. Jeremy Michael Hord, 379th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft section chief, checks the screws of a B-52 Stratofortress May 20, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Hord achieved a career milestone when he launched his third type of bomber, a B-52 Stratofortress, into combat April 14 here. Now, Hord can say he has launched every type of bomber currently serving in the U.S. Air Force’s fleet. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)