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Denmark expected to select F-35 next month

Posted on November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 by alert5

Bill Sweetman reports that Denmark will make the decision to buy the F-35 next month. Belgium is likely to release a request for proposals (RFP) in January and February of 2016 for a new fighter.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody Griffith
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PACAF released transcript between Chinese ATC and B-52s over Spratly Islands

Posted on November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 by alert5

At a roundtable hosted by the Defense Writers Group, commander of Pacific Air Forces, Gen. Lori Robinson revealed the transcript of radio messages between Chinese air traffic control on Spratly Islands and U.S. Air Force B-52s flying overhead during the weekend of Nov. 8 and 9.

By Danrok (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Australia, U.S. reached agreement to rotate bombers, tankers through RAAF Base Tindal

Posted on November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 by alert5

Gen. Lori Robinson, commander of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), told reporters that Australia and United States have reached an agreement to conduct bomber and tanker rotations through Australia’s RAAF Base Tindal.

By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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