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British Defense Attaches were found filming Russia airbase

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by alert5

The Defense Attache from the British Embassy in Moscow and the Assistant Naval Attache were accused of illegally filming and photographing Mozdok airbase early this month.

Mozdok
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Germany could become newest operator of C-130

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by alert5

Reuters reports that Germany could be buying the C-130 from Lockheed Martin as the A400M is considered too big and wide to operate out of certain runways.

C-130J 135th AS Maryland ANG in flight
By USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian Su-25s dropped 6,000 bombs in Syria

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by alert5

The commander Russia’s Southern Military District said the Su-25 attack jets deployed to Syria flew more than 1,600 sorties and dropped around 6,000 bombs in the process.

Будни ВКС РФ на авиабазе Химеймим в Сирии (2016) (15)
Mil.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Changi airport now has a bunker large enough to fit a G550

Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 by alert5

If you happen to be flying into Changi International Airport, Singapore on runway 02L and you’re seated on the port side of the passenger plane, look outside the window just as the pilot flares for touch down and you’ll see a large bunker just beyond the airport perimeter.

Changi G550 bunker 1

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First three Tu-160M2s will be assembled using stored airframes

Posted on March 16, 2016 by alert5

Three Tu-160 airframes that are currently in storage since Soviet-era at Kazan will be rebuilt as the first three Tu-160M2s.

Tupolev Tu-160 RF-94109
By Alex Beltyukov (http://russianplanes.net/id166426) [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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