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Exercise Cope North 2021

Posted on February 16, 2021 by alert5

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or Koku-Jieitai, F-15J Eagles assigned to the 201st Squadron, Chitose Air Base, Japan, takes off during exercise Cope North 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 11, 2021. Cope North is an annual multinational exercise designed to increase capabilities and improve interoperability among partner nations, and this year’s exercise focuses on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations, large force employment and combat air forces training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)

Medals of CIA station chief who helped secured MiG-23s from Egypt are up for sale

Posted on February 14, 2021 by alert5

Medals of former CIA station chief for the Middle East, Jim Fees, have been put up for sale by his daughter.

United States Air Force photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Philippine President Duterte inspects C-130, Super Tucanos, Black Hawks, Hermes 450 and 900

Posted on February 14, 2021 by alert5

5G network coming to Chitose Air Base, Japan for unmanned vehicles testing

Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 by alert5

A 5G communications network is being set up at Chitose Air Base, Japan for a period of two years to conduct experiments on improving the base’s security.

Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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MiG killer 85-125 gets special nose art

Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 by alert5

The 104th Fighter Wing has painted an American flag on the nose of its flagship F-15C and the graphic is composed of the names of members in the wing as well as those who had lost their lives while serving the 104th Fighter Wing.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Leo Burbee, 104th Maintenance Group, aircraft structural maintenance supervisor, touches the graphic on the wing’s flagship F-15C Eagle at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass. Jan. 22, 2021. The graphic featured on both sides of the F-15, appears to display the American Flag, but upon closer look, the hundreds of names of members in the 104th Fighter Wing are visible. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

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