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Qatar signs contract for 24 Eurofighters

Posted on December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 by alert5

Qatar has signed a contract to buy 24 Eurofighters. The agreement was signed by the Qatar and British governments in Doha on Dec. 10.

Photo: Royal Air Force
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KC-390 undergoing cross-wind landing trials at Scottsbluff airport

Posted on December 11, 2017December 10, 2017 by alert5

An airport in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska is playing host to the Embraer KC-390 as the medium-size, twin-engine military transport is there for cross-wind landing testing.

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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)