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Bangladesh Mi-171Sh crashes with high-ranking Kuwaiti officers on board

Posted on January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 by alert5

Kuwait Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammad Al-Khuder and Kuwait Naval Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Khalid Mahmud Abdullah escaped serious injuries when their Bangladesh Air Force Mi-171Sh helicopter crashed inside a Border Guard Bangladesh camp in Sreemangal town on Jan. 3.

Photo: Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense
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Denmark to take over NATO Air Policing mission in Baltic next week

Posted on January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 by alert5

Denmark will send F-16s to Zokniai air base in Lithuania on Jan. 5 as it takes over the NATO Air Policing mission from the U.S. F-15 contingent there.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (F16 – RIAT 2008Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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HAF T-2 crashes

Posted on January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 by alert5

Greece lost a T-2 jet trainer on Jan. 3 when the aircraft came down shortly after taking off from Kalamata air force base.

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Six Dutch F-16s heading to Middle East to pound ISIS

Posted on January 4, 2018 by alert5

Six Dutch F-16s left Volkel Air Base on Jan. 3 for an air base in Jordan to relief the Belgian F-16 contingent fighting ISIS there.

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AFRL carried out fit check of AgilePod on Scorpion

Posted on January 3, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) AgilePod multi-sensor reconfigurable pod was recently integrated on Textron Aviation Defense’s Scorpion light attack ISR aircraft.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod is shown mounted on the wing of the Textron Aviation Defense’s Scorpion Light Attack/ISR jet. The AgilePod is an Air Force-trademarked, multi-intelligence reconfigurable pod that enables flight-line operators to customize sensor packages based on specific mission needs. A fit check held late December, 2017, provided an opportunity to demonstrate the ability of the pod to rapidly integrate onto a new platform with short notice, highlighting the benefits of Sensor Open Systems Architecture. (Air Force photo by David Dixon/released)