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Air-to-air photos of Cope West 19

Posted on June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilot flies alongside two Indonesian air force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilots over Manado, Indonesia, during Cope West 19, June 20, 2019. Cope West is a two-week, Pacific Air Forces sponsored, bilateral exercise designed to advance interoperability and build upon already established partnerships between U.S. military forces and the Indonesian air force. The exercise affords both countries with opportunities to exchange techniques in aircraft generation and recovery, close air support training, air-to-air fighter training and host subject-matter expert exchange across various career fields. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Hutto)

F-CK-1 beats J-10, JF-17 and Tejas at minimum radius turn

Posted on June 23, 2019 by alert5

Norwegian maintainers work on American F-35s at Orland

Posted on June 23, 2019June 22, 2019 by alert5

Norwegian F-35 maintainers work on two U.S. Air Force jets at Orland, Norway on Jun. 17. This is the first time they are servicing American aircraft while outside United States.

F-35 Lighting II maintainers from both the United States Air Force and Royal Norwegian Air Force work together at Orland Air Base, Norway, to turn two American jets after a sortie June 17, 2019. The visit marked the first time American F-35s have landed in Norway, which operates its own fleet of the fifth-generation fighters, and served as valuable training for the Norwegian maintainers. A fleet of F-35s is currently deployed to Europe as part of the European Deterrence Initiative, as as a way of proving the U.S. Air Force’s ability to rapidly deploy fifth-generation fighters to European bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Austin M. May.)

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494th FS at Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2019

Posted on June 22, 2019June 21, 2019 by alert5

For the first time in four years, F-15Es assigned to RAF Lakenheath are in Turkey for Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2019.

A U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron takes off during Exercise Anatolian Eagle June 17, 2019, from Third Main Jet Base, Konya, Turkey. The approximately two-week long exercise involves multiple nations practicing a variety of aerial warfare tactics in a simulated conflict scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Magbanua)

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Su-30MKI scores air-to-air kill, against drone

Posted on June 21, 2019 by alert5

The Indian Air Force carried out test-firing of a R-73 short-range air-to-air missile on Jun. 19. A Su-30MKI successfully destroyed a target drone off Odisha coast.

Alan Wilson [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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