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F-35 to appear at RIAT, Farnborough

Posted on January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to send the F-35B to this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom this year, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katerina Slivinske [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Indian Air Force wants Defense Ministry to make on decision on MRTT purchae

Posted on January 26, 2016January 25, 2016 by alert5

The Indian Air Force has grown impatient with the Defense Ministry while waiting for the latter to decide whether to move ahead with the purchase of six Airbus MRTT tankers.

By Jonathan Payne from Ayr, United Kingdom (ZZ335 A330Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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KC-46 successfully passed fuel to F-16

Posted on January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 by alert5

Another milestone for the Boeing KC-46 project as EMD-2 successfully carried out a mid-air refueling for the first time on Jan. 24.

Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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Minuteman accident was not reported to Pentagon review team

Posted on January 25, 2016 by alert5

Back in 2014, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel commissioned a review of the entire U.S. nuclear force by a group of nuclear weapons experts. The review started in March and it was during that period when an accident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base resulted in $1.8 million in damage to a Minuteman missile. Air Force Global Strike Command now said the review team was not told of the accident.

By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons