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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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Spanish Eurofighters for Baltic Air Policing Mission

Posted on April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 by alert5

The Spanish Air Force has taken over the Baltic Air Policing Mission from Italy and it will carry out those duties with Eurofighters.

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Head of Alaskan Command says Russian military aircraft activity in 2020 was highest since the fall of the Soviet Union

Posted on April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 by alert5

The head of Alaskan Command, Lt. Gen. David Krumm, has warned that increased Russian military activity arond Alaska is taxing the units that respond to them.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22s, CF-18s, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, intercepted two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Monday, March 9th.

Photo: North American Aerospace Defense Command

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