A Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Slingsby T67 Firefly two-seat aerobatic training aircraft crashed on Apr. 6, killing the Jordanian instructor and a Iraqi student pilot.
By Adrian Pingstone (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Category: Air Force
Kenya Air Force bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia
The Kenyan Air Force carried out two air strikes on Apr. 5 on al Shabaab camps in Somalia.
“KAF F-5 Tiger II Jet preparing” by Antoisurf – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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JSTARS took part in hurricane exercise
An E-8C Joint STARS (JSTARS) from Robins Air Force Base help map evacuation routes during a simulated hurricane exercise last month.
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Regina Young
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Afghanistan’s armed MD-530 to be inducted on Apr. 9
The Afghan Air Force will induct six armed MD-530 helicopters into service on Apr. 9.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force
UAE fighter pilots wrote name of Saudi soldier on bombs
UAE fighter pilots decided to honor the first Saudi soldier killed in Operation Decisive Storm by writing his name on bombs they would drop over Yemen.
Photo: WAM
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