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Israel’s Foreign Minister wants Israeli Air Force 1 to be sold off

Posted on July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 by alert5

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has called on the government to sell the “Wing of Zion” Boeing 767 VVIP jet just months before it is set to enter operational service.

Rami Mizrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan’s Lake Ogawara Fisheries Cooperative to submit protest letter over CV-22 training flights

Posted on July 7, 2021 by alert5

The Lake Ogawara Fisheries Cooperative in Japan is planning to submit a protest letter to the Ministry of Defense over two U.S. Air Force CV-22 training flights at the lake on Jun. 30 and Jul. 1.

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U.S. Air Force releases new B-21 Raider artist rendering

Posted on July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force released a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet on Jul. 6.

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$2 billion EMD contract for LRSO awarded to Raytheon

Posted on July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 by alert5

The Long Range Stand Off Weapon (LRSO), a new air-launched cruise missile to replace the AGM-86, has entered the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase with the award of $2 billion to Raytheon Missiles and Defense.

Airman 1st Class Eric G. Jarman, a crew chief assigned to the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, taxis a B-52H Stratofortress, Aug. 12, 2020, at Minot Air Force Base, ND. The purpose of the five to ten year comprehensive test is to demonstrate the capability of the B-52H aircraft to provide the required voltage levels for the mission configuration at the AGM-86B-to-W80 interface. The test data will be analyzed to compare against previous data in order to monitor changes in the baseline, thus indicating a design issue created by aging, aircraft modification, or a combination thereof. The required sample size for this test will meet a historical Sandia National Laboratories requirement of two B-52 aircrafts.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jesse Jenny)

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JASDF and PAF to hold first joint training exercise

Posted on July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 by alert5

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will conduct a Bilateral Training on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) from Jul. 5, Japan’s embassy in Philippines has announced.

Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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