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F-15Es and F-22s to perform flyover during Guam Liberation Day

Posted on July 20, 2021 by alert5

Two F-15Es and two F-22s are scheduled to perform a flyover to mark the 77th Guam Liberation Day on Jul. 21.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. Pacific Iron 2021 is a Pacific Air Forces dynamic force employment operation to project forces into the USINDOPACOM’s area of responsibility in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy which called on the military to be a more lethal, adaptive, and resilient force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)

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Japan begins search for successors of T-4 and T-7

Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 by alert5

Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency has published a notice to solicit information from the industry for the successors to the Fuji T-7 and Kawasaki T-4.

航空自衛隊, GJSTUv1, via Wikimedia Commons
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South Korea sends two KC-330s to Africa after massive COVID outbreak onboard DDH-976

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 by alert5

South Korea dispatched two KC-330s to Africa on Jul. 18 after a massive COVID outbreak occurred onboard ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976), which is on an anti-piracy mission there.

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Taiwan’s F-16 pilots are in Oregon to have DACT with F-15s

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 by alert5

Taiwan’s F-16 unit based in the United States – the 21st Fighter Squadron – is having dissimilar air combat training (DACT) with F-15s from the 142nd Wing from Jul. 15-30.

United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Nigeria’s six A-29s are on their way home

Posted on July 16, 2021 by alert5

The first six Nigerian Air Force A-29s have left the United States on Jul. 14 for home.

Photo: Embraer

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