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A-10 Enhanced Wing Assembly replacement program ends

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alert5

The final A-10 to get new wings under the A-10 Enhanced Wing Assembly replacement program has rolled out of Ogden Air Logistics Complex.

Lt. Col. Ryan Richardson, 514th Flight Test Squadron commander and A-10 test pilot, takes off during a functional check flight of an A-10 Thunderbolt II, tail no. 80-0252, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 25, 2019. The aircraft was the last of 173 A-10s to receive new wings under the Enhanced Wing Assembly program to extend the flying service life of the fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

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Aviadarts 2019 flying demonstrations

Posted on August 11, 2019 by alert5

Second batch of Apaches arrived home in India

Posted on August 10, 2019 by alert5

Four more AH-64Es ordered by India has been delivered to Hindon Air Force Station on Jul. 30.

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Last RAF Eurofighter about to be delivered

Posted on August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 by alert5

Craig Hoyle from Flight Global reports that the final Eurofighter Tranche 3 for the Royal Air Force has made its second flight and will be delivered to the customer by end of the year.

Photo: SAC Chris Ellis/MOD [OGL v1.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Sukhoi given contract to modernize Su-34

Posted on August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 by alert5

Interfax reports that the Russian government has given Sukhoi a contract to modernize the Su-34 fighter-bomber.

By Alex Beltyukov (https://russianplanes.net/id210968) [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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