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RAF conduct largest ever mass firing of ASRAAMs

Posted on October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 by alert5

Eight Royal Air Force fighter squadrons fired a total of 53 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM) over a period of 10 days in September.

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Spain sending fighters to Bulgaria and Romania

Posted on October 24, 2022 by alert5

Spain has announced plans to send six Eurofighters to Bulgaria and eight Hornets to Romania starting from next month.

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HK company brokered the sale of FTC-2000Gs to Myanmar

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 by alert5

The Irrawaddy reports that Myanmar has ordered several FTC-2000G advanced jet trainers and that Hong Kong company Gateways Hong Kong Ltd. brokered the deal.

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Watch two Japanese E-2Ds being delivered by ship at MCAS Iwakuni

Posted on October 20, 2022October 19, 2022 by alert5

USAF examines the use of exoskeleton for moving cargo

Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 by alert5

Two aerial porters from the 87th Aerial Port Squadron were impressed when they were allowed to use a pneumatically-powered exoskeleton to move a pallet weighing 3,500 pounds on their own.

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