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Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex honors fallen F-15C pilot

Posted on June 19, 2020 by alert5

The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, has stencil the name of 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen on one of three F-15Es that are slated to return to Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – The 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 558th AMXS paint team, both with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, collaborate June 17, 2020, to stencil the name of 48th Fighter Wing pilot 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen on one of three F-15 aircraft that just completed its Programmed Depot Maintenance and is slated to return to Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. Allen was piloting an F-15C Eagle during a training mission when his plane crashed into the North Sea June 15. (courtesy photo)

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India to fast track the purchase of MiG-29s and Su-30MKIs

Posted on June 19, 2020 by alert5

A plan to buy 21 MiG-29 fighters and 12 Su-30MKIs by the Indian Air Force is being fast track and the proposal will likely be considered by the Ministry of Defense during a meeting next week.

Aktug Ates [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Watch F-22s intercepting Tu-95s again

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alert5

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Russian MiGs getting new HMD with indigenous parts

Posted on June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 by alert5

Russia is phasing out its Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) which has Ukrainian parts and replace them with ones made by Electroautomatics Experimental Design Bureau.