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Austria confirms Indonesia wants to buy its Eurofighters

Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 by alert5

News reports in Austria say Indonesia has written an official letter to buy 15 Eurofighters from Austria.

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Japan will now scramble fighters once Chinese military aircraft take off from Shuimen, Fujian

Posted on July 19, 2020 by alert5

Japan will now scramble its fighters from Naha once it detects Chinese military aircraft had taken off from Shuimen airbase, Fujian.

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Two B-1Bs deployed to Guam

Posted on July 18, 2020 by alert5

Two B-1B bombers assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on Jul. 17 as part of a Bomber Task Force deployment.

U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Christina Bennett
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Blue Angels refueled by KC-46 for the first time

Posted on July 18, 2020 by alert5

A KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., lines up to refuel an U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet, July 1, 2020 over South Dakota. This marks the first time the 931st ARW refueled the Blue Angels using a KC-46. The KC-46 represents the beginning of a new era in air-to-air refueling capability to support the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The modernized fly-by-wire boom provides a larger air-refueling envelope than the KC-46’s predecessor, the KC-135 Stratotanker. In addition to the boom, the aircraft is capable of refueling through drogue and wing aerial fueling pods, or WARPs, to provide simultaneous multi-point air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Andrea Morris)

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Israeli Air Force’s new 7th Wing Special Ops

Posted on July 18, 2020July 17, 2020 by alert5