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Order for Air Force One delayed in new spending bill

Posted on December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 by alert5

The omnibus federal spending bill by the U.S. Congress has delayed the purchase of one Boeing 747-8 for the U.S. Air Force by a year. The jet was to become the new Air Force One.

By U.S. Air Force File Photo. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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PLAAF Su-30 practice using Kh-31 anti-radiation missile

Posted on December 17, 2015 by alert5

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German A310 MRTT refuels coalition aircraft for the first time

Posted on December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 by alert5

A Luftwaffe A310 MRTT based in Turkey to support the fight against ISIL has flown its first operational mission on Dec. 15 in a five-hour mission out of Incirlik air base.

By Dmitry A. Mottl via Wikimedia Commons
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Three USAF C-17s were in Serbia to pick up weapons and ammunition

Posted on December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 by alert5

Serbian daily Vecernje Novosti reports that three C-17s from the U.S. Air Force were loaded with weapons and ammunition at the Konstantin Veliki Airport on Dec. 12-13.

Photo: Konstantin Veliki Airport
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