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Sixteen U.S. service members to be disciplined for deadly AC-130 attack on hospital

Posted on April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 by alert5

LA Times says the Pentagon will announce today the punishment meted out to sixteen service members for the deadly attack of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Afghanistan on Oct. 3 last year.

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Watch RCAF test an ejection seat from the back of a Dodge Ram

Posted on April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 by alert5

Engineers from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment are making modifications to the ejection seat of the CT-114.

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Watch F-22s getting refueled mid-air while on their way to Lithuania

Posted on April 29, 2016 by alert5

Russian MiG-31 intercepted USN P-8A near Kamchatka

Posted on April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Pacific Command has confirmed that on Apr. 21, a P-8A flying near Kamchatka Peninsular was intercepted by a Russian MiG-31 interceptor.

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International Marrakech Airshow 2016

Posted on April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 by alert5

Pilots, with the Spanish Air Force Aerobatic Display Team, demonstrate the their aircrafts inflight capabilities during the International Marrakech Airshow in Morocco on Apr. 27, 2016. Several United States, independent and government owned aircraft were displayed at the expo in an effort to demonstrate their capabilities to a broad audience of individuals from approximately 54 other countries. (DoD News photo by TSgt Brian Kimball)