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Boeing issues statement saying it “respects” Canada’s decision to buy F/A-18 from RAAF

Posted on December 10, 2017December 10, 2017 by alert5

Boeing issued a statement on Dec. 8 regarding media reports saying Canada has decided to buy used F/A-18s from the Royal Australian Air Force.

By Duan Zhu [GFDL, GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-22 damaged during touch-and-go nearing end of six-year repair job

Posted on December 9, 2017December 9, 2017 by alert5

A F-22, # 02-4037, was badly damaged when it failed to lift off during a touch-and-go at Tyndall Air Force base in 2012. The jet will soon be servicable again next March after a six-year repair job.

By Technical Sergeant Ben Bloker (USAF) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force completes delivery of 24 F-16s to Indonesia

Posted on December 9, 2017December 9, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force announced on Dec. 6 that the Ogden Air Logistics Complex has completed regeneration work on the last six F-16C Block 25s for Indonesia.

Lt. Col. Beau “Strap” Wilkins, 514th Flight Test Squadron F-16 test pilot, makes a high speed pass in an Indonesian F-16C Fighting Falcon at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on Nov. 21 during a functional check flight on the aircraft. This is the 24th F-16 to receive a complete refurbishment at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex as part of a foreign military sales contract with the Indonesian government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

AV-8Bs, F/A-18s at Shaw AFB for BFM with F-16s, F-22s and T-38s

Posted on December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 by alert5

Fighter pilots from the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy took part in a basic fighter maneuver training exercise at Shaw Air Force Base on Dec. 1.

U.S. Marine AV-8B Harriers with the Marine Attack Squadron 231 assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., are parked on the flightline during basic fighter maneuver training at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Dec. 1, 2017. Marine pilots received an opportunity to “battle” Air Force aircraft to include the F-16CM Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and T-38C Talon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado)

RAND on PLAAF operations over water

Posted on December 8, 2017 by alert5

China has been dispatching its bombers and reconnaissance aircraft away from its coasts and into the Pacific and South China Sea. RAND explores in this paper on the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s role in these maritime flights. Hit on the link below for the article.

Photo: RoCAF