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MQ-9 carried first autonomous launch and recovery in a combat zone

Posted on October 8, 2022October 8, 2022 by alert5

At a combat zone, a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone has successfully perform an Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) without the need for a ground-based Launch and Recovery Element (LRE) for the first time.

U.S Air Force by Tech Sgt. Melissa Isidro
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Romania’s MiG-21s were given inferior jet fuel

Posted on October 7, 2022 by alert5

It has now been disclosed that Romania had to ground its MiG-21 fleet because the jets were supplied with low-quality jet fuel.

Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Last F-16 assigned to 115th Fighter Wing departs as the unit transitions to the F-35

Posted on October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 by alert5

The last F-16 that was assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing has departed Truax Field and the wing will now transition to the F-35.

The final F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing, taxis to the runway for the units final departure with the aircraft at Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin Oct. 5, 2022. The F-16 first arrived at Truax Field in 1992 as the eighth primary airframe since the units inception in 1948 and is scheduled to be replaced by the F-35 Lightning II aircraft in the Spring of 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis)

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USS Gerald R. Ford departed Norfolk for its first deployment

Posted on October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 by alert5

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 5 for its first deployment.

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It was a Turkmenistan M346 that crashed into Mount Legnoneon

Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by alert5

A pre-inquest review at Bournemouth Coroner’s Court has revealed that an M346 that crashed on Mar. 16 had belonged to the Turkmenistan Air Force.

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