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Watch the maiden flight of the modernized Tu-95MSM

Posted on August 24, 2020 by alert5

LDP lawmakers suggest turning Shimojishima airport into air base

Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 by alert5

A group of lawmakers from Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are endorsing a proposal to allow the military to use the Shimojishima airport in Okinawa Prefecture.

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C-2 to carry out unpaved runway tests to boost export chance to UAE

Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 by alert5

Media reports from Japan say that the Kawasaki C-2 transport plane will undergo testing on unpaved runway in order to boost its chance of winning a contract from the UAE.

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F-22s arrived at Wright-Patterson AFB to escape Tropical Storms Laura and Marco

Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 by alert5

F-22 Raptors from Eglin Air Force Base arrived at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2020 to escape from the impact of Tropical Storms Laura and Marco.

First USAF CV-22 pilot to clock over 3,000 hours on the tiltrotor

Posted on August 23, 2020 by alert5

Lt. Col. Luke Sustman, commander of the newly-activated 249th Special Operations Squadron, is the first U.S. Air Force pilot to clock more than 3,000 hours on the tiltrotor.

JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. — U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Sustman, a CV-22 pilot, is pictured before a CV-22 Osprey aircraft at the Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Fla. on Aug. 13, 2020. Sustman achieves a first in the Florida Air National Guard by reaching 3,000 flight hours in the CV-22 Osprey aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard by Airman 1st Class Jacob Hancock)

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