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India to order another 36 Rafales

Posted on September 23, 2019 by alert5

Media reports from India suggests that the Modi government intends to buy 36 more Rafale fighters next year.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Estonian Special Forces train on CV-22

Posted on September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 by alert5

From Sept. 3-9, a USAF CV-22 was based in Estonia to train with the local special forces community.

An Estonian Special Operations Forces operator prepares to be hoisted up to a
U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey, assigned to 352d Special Operations Wing, during Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System training near Amari, Estonia, Sep. 3, 2019. During the week-long training, U.S. and Estonian special operation forces partnered on FRIES familiarization, casualty evacuation and rapidly loading and off-loading a tactical vehicle onto the aircraft. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Pena)

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Israeli delegation in U.S. to evaluate CH-53K

Posted on September 23, 2019 by alert5

A five-man team from the Israeli Air Force is in the United States to evaluate the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter.

The CH-53K King Stallion arrives at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River on June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

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NGC to supply new and upgraded LITENING targeting pods to USAF

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

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $141 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order for new LITENING advanced targeting pods and upgrades that will bring existing pods up to the current configuration.

Lt. Col. Frank Marston, 158th Fighter Wing Alert Detachment 1 commander, prepares for takeoff in an F-16C Fighting Falcon, Oct. 28, at Langley Air Force Base, Va. The fighter jet carries a fourth generation advanced targeting LITENING pod, this is the first test during a two week exercise called Bold Quest 2009, an advanced concept technology demonstration./

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F-15Es from Lakenheath carried out first FARP

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

The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath has conducted its first Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) exercise using the F-15E for the first time.

A crew chief assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing approaches an F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron on the flightline at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 12, 2019. Airmen from the 48th FW participated in a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise alongside the 352nd Special Operations Wing and 100th Air Refueling Wing to build upon the relationships and integration between missions among different forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shanice Williams-Jones)

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