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Sweden might ground NH90 TTH due to high operating costs

Posted on February 14, 2018 by alert5

A news report from Sweden says the country might ground nine of its NH90 TTH helicopters due to high operating costs.

Alan Wilson [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Su-25SM3 will have Vitebsk self-protection suite

Posted on February 13, 2018 by alert5

The Vitebsk self-protection suite currently installed on Russian military helicopters will be integrated on the Su-25SM3 attack jet.

By Alan Lebeda [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

A400M will never get all its features

Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by alert5

Reuters has seen a document signed last week between Airbus and seven NATO nations that allows the former to deliver the A400M without some of its promise features.

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A-10s refuel over Afghanistan

Posted on February 13, 2018 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron Detachment 1, during a refueling mission over Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2018. The A-10s fly as part of the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Labbe)

It was Dutch F-16B that hit wire over Arizona, aircraft badly damaged

Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by alert5

The Dutch Defense Ministry has confirmed that one of its F-16 was involved in an accident in Arizona on Feb. 11. Online chatter says the jet is a F-16B, #J-369.

By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (J-369 F-16BM Dutch Air ForceUploaded by tm) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons