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Jordan getting rid of its AC-235s after four years of service

Posted on January 6, 2019 by alert5

Jordan has put up for sale its two AC-235 gunships on the last week of December 2018.

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Israel has until Jan. 11 to confirm F-16 sale to Croatia

Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 by alert5

Israel has until Jan. 11 to confirm with Croatia that it can sell its surplus F-16 fighters to the Balkan nation.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Osberry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Australia will deliver two Hornets to Canada this spring

Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 by alert5

An official from Canada’s Department of National Defence has said that Australia will transfer two F/A-18 Hornets to Canada this spring.

By Duan Zhu [GFDL, GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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#FighterFriday

Posted on January 4, 2019December 25, 2018 by alert5

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet from China Lake, California, takes off from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during Sentry Aloha 19-1, Dec. 18, 2018. Sentry Aloha provides U.S. warfighters with the skill sets necessary to perform homeland defense and overseas combat missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

RAND says JASDF faces obstacles to match Chinese air activity in East China Sea

Posted on January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 by alert5

A report by RAND last month concluded that “resource constraints and limited inventories of fighter aircraft pose formidable obstacles to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s ability to match Chinese air activity” in the East China Sea.

日本防衛省·統合幕僚監部 [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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