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USAF to conduct CV-22 training flights at four locales in Japan

Posted on October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 by alert5

An environmental impact study by the U.S. Air Force has disclosed four training locales in Japan for the CV-22B.

Defense.gov photo essay 120803-D-NI589-292
By: Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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JASDF, USFJ commanders in exchange flight

Posted on October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 by alert5

Lt. Gen. John Dolan, the U.S. Forces Japan commander, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, the Air Defense Command commander, came together for a bilateral exchange flight at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14.

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U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jose L. Hernandez-Domitilo
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CVW-2 photo exercise with Peruvian Air Force

Posted on October 17, 2015 by alert5

Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 fly alongside a Peruvian Air Force MiG-29 and Mirage 2000 during a photo exercise above aircraft carrier USS George Washington.

Photo exercise above aircraft carrier USS George Washington
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. David Babka

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Turkish F-16 shot down UAV after three warnings were given

Posted on October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 by alert5

The Turkish General Staff website issued a statement today at 13:30 saying that an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down in its airspace near the border with Syria after giving three warnings.

UAV shot down in Turkey
Photo: DHA

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German Eurofighters restricted from flying with external fuel tank

Posted on October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 by alert5

More troubles for the Luftwaffe Eurofighter fleet as the jets are now restricted from flying with external fuel tanks attached.

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By Gerard van der Schaaf (30+57) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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