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Okhotnik deliveries to start as early as 2024

Posted on May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by alert5

In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the first deputy chairman of the Board of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission says deliveries of the Okhotnik unmanned combat air vehicle could start as early as 2024.

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Wreckage of RoCAF F-5E #5261 recovered

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 by alert5

The wreckage of a RoCAF F-5E fighter that crashed on Oct. 29, 2020 has been retrieved from the bottom of the sea off Taitung on Apr. 30.

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Four Italian F-35As arrive in Estonia

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 by alert5

Four Italian F-35As have deployed from Amendola Air Base, Italy to Ämari Air Base, Estonia to augment the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission. This marks the first time the F-35 is used for this mission.

Photo: NATO
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RAAF E-7A joins inaugural exercise Pacific Edge

Posted on May 1, 2021 by alert5

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A early warning aircraft flew to Hawaii for the inaugural exercise Pacific Edge last month.

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail, operated by No. 2 Squadron based at RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia, flies with a Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor April 21, 2021, near Oahu, Hawaii. The command-and-control aircraft, traveled to Hawaii to participate in exercise Pacific Edge 21 and provide airborne early warning support to airborne participants. The exercise was held to enhance air-combat proficiencies through the integration of allied units and further the interoperability between the two countries’ aircraft. In a unique association, the F-22s and the air defense mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam are assigned to the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The 199th Fighter Squadron and the 19th Fighter Squadron serve together under the Air National Guard-led active-associate construct to accomplish their assigned mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. John Linzmeier)

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A-10 pilots will get HD videos from their targeting pod using a tablet

Posted on May 1, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center has recently tested a way to wirelessly stream a high-definition picture of multiple LITENING sensors to a tablet inside the cockpit of a A-10.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cheyenne A. Powers
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