A Gulfstream IV belonging to NOAA has to abort its takeoff at MacDill Air Force Base on Sept. 10, 2013 because of a “fish strike.”
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Category: Air Force
U.S. will send six additional F-15s and one KC-135 to Lithuania
The United States will send six additional F-15s and one KC-135 to augment NATO’s air policing mission in the Baltics.
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Norway to keep F-16s in Bodø for QRA
Norway has decided against relocating its F-16s from Bodø to Evenes. Plans to move the Norwegian Air Force Operative Command from Rygge to Bodø has been postponed until 2020 as well.
USAF F-15Es completed exercise in Greece
F-15E crews from Royal Air Force Lakenheath have completed a joint exercise with HAF’s 343rd Squadron on the Greek island of Crete.
Turkey scrambles F-16s to intercept Russian Il-20 over Black Sea
Turkey scrambled eight F-16 fighters to intercept a Russian Il-20 plane after the Russian plane began flying parallel to Turkish airspace.