The recent intrusion of UAVs from North Korea has exposed weaknesses in South Korea’s air defense umbrella and Seoul is trying to bring back an air surveillance blimp project to boost its coverage.
Category: Air Force
B-52s and B-2s conducted long range training operations
Two B-52s from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and two B-2s from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., recently flew non-stop from their home stations to training ranges in Hawaii and conducted range training operations and low approach training flights at Hickam AFB.
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Czech and Slovak Air Force to boost interoperability
A working group comprising of Czech Republic and Slovakia officials are finalizing details that will see both countries’ Air Forces inter-operate with each other.
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NATO AWACS to fly surveillance missions over Romania and Poland
NATO’s E-3 AWACS will be flying surveillance flights everyday over Romania and every other day over Poland.
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Northrop Grumman flies first production Smart Node Pod
The first production Smart Node Pod for the U.S. Air Force has completed a series of flight tests in February.
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