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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