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Indonesia’s Defense Ministry says Eurofighter purchase was thoroughly researched; ambassador says Su-35 deal still proceeding

Posted on July 25, 2020 by alert5

Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, Brig. Gen. Djoko Purwanto, told reporters that the plan to buy 15 Eurofighters from Austria was thoroughly researched.

By Eugeny Polivanov (http://russianplanes.net/id169356) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

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Romania scrambled MiG-21s to intercept Russian Tu-22M3s

Posted on July 24, 2020 by alert5

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Jul. 23 that two Tu-22M3 bombers flying over the Black Sea were intercepted by MiG-21s from Romania.

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#FighterFriday

Posted on July 24, 2020July 18, 2020 by alert5

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder

Egypt’s Su-35 undergoing flight testing

Posted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by alert5

Overconfidence lead to loss of RQ-4 in 2018

Posted on July 22, 2020 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4, #09-2041, was lost on Jun. 26, 2018 during a ferry flight to the Middle East. Crash investigators found that the RQ-4 community, and specifically the 69th Reconnaissance Group at Grand Forks, had “overconfidence” in operating the unmanned aircraft.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres

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