Air Force Archives - Page 527 of 2550 - Alert 5

RoCAF 2020 calendar shows F-16C Block 70 with FLIR pod on station 5L

Posted on December 24, 2019 by alert5

Graphic: RoCAF

Offutt AFB cancels airshow for 2020, 2021

Posted on December 23, 2019 by alert5

The Defenders of Freedom Air Show and Open House at Offutt Air Force Base has been canceled for 2020 and 2021.

Josh Plueger [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Continue reading “Offutt AFB cancels airshow for 2020, 2021”

Germany orders more Meteor missiles

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 by alert5

MBDA says its has received an order to supply more Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missiles to Luftwaffe.

MBDA Neuburg Donau Jagdgeschwader 74 mit Meteor

Continue reading

This MiG killer is the first ANG F-16 to get the new single color paint scheme

Posted on December 21, 2019December 20, 2019 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard with a new, darker single color paint scheme is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City, Iowa on December 17, 2019. The Iowa Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City finished painting the fighter aircraft recently and it is now ready to return to its home unit. The new paint eliminates the older two-tone gray as the standard paint scheme for F-16’s in the U.S. Air Force.
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

Continue reading

#FighterFriday First 2 Su-30SM for Armenia

Posted on December 20, 2019 by alert5

Continue reading “#FighterFriday First 2 Su-30SM for Armenia”