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Mid-air contact between two JASDF F-2 fighters

Posted on April 23, 2021April 22, 2021 by alert5

Two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighters made contact with each other during a training flight on Apr. 21.

Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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AFRL has release a video on its space solar power beaming research

Posted on April 22, 2021 by alert5

U.S. military aircraft carried out airdrop exercise near Senkaku Islands in Feburary

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by alert5

Japan’s NHK reports that a U.S. military aircraft had practice dropping supplies into waters near Senkaku Islands on Feb. 17.

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Polish Air Force to take delivery of two BBJ 2 aircraft from next month

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by alert5

The Polish Air Force will take delivery of two Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 2 aircraft in May and June, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported.

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190th Fighter Squadron won three team awards for Hawgsmoke 2021

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by alert5

The 190th Fighter Squadron has emerged as the overall winner for Hawgsmoke 2021, a biannual A-10 competition, at Moody Air Force Base.

Idaho National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and their crews come home to Boise as the 2021 Hawgsmoke Overall Team champions. The Hawgsmoke is a biennial aerial competition where approximately 150 Airmen from 13 Air Force units compete in a competition designed to test the bombing, missile and tactical gunnery skills of the pilots and maintainers of the U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft. This year it was held at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, from April 14-17 and Idaho won the Top Overall Team. Idaho will then host the next one, tentatively scheduled for late spring of 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur)

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