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Cathay Pacific 777 departs Eareckson Air Station, Alaska after emergency landing

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by alert5

Cathay Pacific Flight 884 was forced to make an emergency landing at Eareckson Air Station in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands on Jul. 29 after smoke was detected on board.

Edwinの航空写真 [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Flight testing of C-27J with winglets completed

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by alert5

Alenia Aermacchi has completed flight testing of the C-27J with winglets and results show that it had improved the lift-drag ratio of the medium turboprop airlifter.

Photo: Alenia Aermacchi
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Selex ES to fit RAF Pumas with new RWR

Posted on July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 by alert5

The Royal Air Force wants to swap out the Sky Guardian 200 radar warning receiver (RWR) on the Puma helicopter and replace with a variant of SEER RWR from Selex ES.

By Sgt Jack Pritchard RAF (http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk) [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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U-2, F-16 and A-10 aircraft moving out of Osan Air Base temporarily

Posted on July 30, 2015 by alert5

In order to facilitate runway repair works at Osan Air Base, South Korea, all U.S. Air Force aircraft based there will operate out of Suwon Air Base for approximately six weeks, starting Aug 1.

By U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Judd Fancher [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons