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Belgium to make decision on deployment of F-16s to Jordan by July

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by alert5

The Belgian government will decide by July whether to send four F-16s to Jordan in October to support Operation Inherent Resolve.

By Gerard van der Schaaf (FA-72) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Construction of 20 HAS at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea completed

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the construction of twenty new third generation hardened aircraft shelters (HAS) at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.

Twenty new hardened aircraft shelters will soon be ready for use at Kunsan Air Base thanks to the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their partners (Photo by Karey Park).

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Watch Venezuelan F-16s and Su-30s in diamond formation overflying Iranian oil tanker

Posted on May 27, 2020 by alert5

South Korea plans to lease new aircraft to operate as Code One

Posted on May 27, 2020 by alert5

Yonhap reports that the South Korean government intends to lease a new airliner and operate it as the presidential jet instead of buying.

Jeroen Stroes Aviation Photography from Netherlands / CC BY

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Pentagon releases images of Russian MiG-29s deployed to Libya

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by alert5

U.S. Africa Command has issued a statement on the recent deployment of Russian fighters to Libya. It has also made available images of those Russian aircraft which had their markings removed to hide their Russian origin.

Russian fighter jets were recently deployed to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors (PMCs) operating on the ground there. The Russian fighter aircraft arrived in Libya, from an airbase in Russia, after transiting Syria where it is assessed they were repainted to camouflage their Russian origin. “The world heard Mr. Haftar declare he was about to unleash a new air campaign. That will be Russian mercenary pilots flying Russian-supplied aircraft to bomb Libyans,” said U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command. (Date taken = date uploaded to DVIDS)

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