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Watch MQ-25 refuel another aircraft for the first time

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by alert5

The Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset has carried out its first aerial refueling of another aircraft for the first time on Jun. 4.

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Rapid Dragon demonstrates BLOS kill chain of palletized JASSM-ER at Northern Edge 21

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has successfully demonstrated beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) Command and Control of the Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System during exercise Northern Edge 21.

Photo: AFRL

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Last OC-135B retired

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force’s 55th Wing has retired the last OC-135B #61-2670 on Jun. 4. The Open Skies Boeing 707 was deactivated at Lincoln Airport.

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Watch the landing of USAF C-17 #05-5150 in Taiwan

Posted on June 6, 2021 by alert5

USAF F-16s to participate in exercise CW21 in Indonesia

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 by alert5

Six U.S. Air Force F-16s from the 13th Fighter Squadron will travel to Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia for exercise Cope West 2021 (CW21).

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilot flies alongside two Indonesian air force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilots off the coast of Manado, Indonesia, during Cope West 19, June 20, 2019. Approximately 100 U.S. service members and six F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 14th Fighter Squadron, based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan, integrated with six F-16s from the Indonesian air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Hutto)

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