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Slovakia considers donating MiG-29s to Ukraine

Posted on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 by alert5

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Eduard Heger says his country is willing to donate its MiG-29s to Ukraine if an arrangement can be made to secure the country’s own airspace.

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IAI delivers first MMR to Czech Republic

Posted on April 12, 2022 by alert5

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has delivered the first Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) ordered by Czech Republic.

Photo: IAI
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Indian Air Force completes inquiry into accidental firing of BrahMos missile

Posted on April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 by alert5

The Indian Air Force has completed its inquiry into the accidental firing of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile into Pakistan on Mar. 9.

Ministry of Defence (GODL-India), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons

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RNZAF 85th anniversary flypast

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alert5

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Final Doolittle Raiders Goblet ceremony will see 14 USAF aircraft making a flyover

Posted on April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 by alert5

A final Doolittle Raiders Goblet ceremony will be held on Apr. 18 and the U.S. Air Force is sending 14 aircraft to the flyover in Florida.

Goblets for Doolittle Raiders (left-right) Master Sgt. David J. Thatcher, Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, Major Thomas Griffin, and Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite stand charged and ready for the Goblet Ceremony on April 16, 2010 in Fairborn, Ohio. the ceremony honors all who participated in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during W.W. II. The upright goblets represent aircrew who have survived to this day. During the ceremony the name of every person was read and a Doolittle Raider responds to indicate the spirit of those who passed are present. The collection of goblets, each with an aircrew name engraved both right side up and upside down. The set of goblets is now maintained by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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