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Kawasaki C-2 runway excursion closes Yonago airport

Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 by alert5

Flights at Yonago airport in western Japan are affected this morning after a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft veered off the runway while preparing for take-off.

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It’s not everyday you get to see the innards of a AN/ALQ-184

Posted on June 8, 2017 by alert5

Airman 1st Class Duane Jongeling, 114th Maintenance Squadron electronic countermeasure apprentice, and Staff Sgt. Derek Jaeger, 114th Maintenance Squadron perform a routine maintenance on a electronic warfare pod. These pods are the first line of defense for the 114th Fighter Wing pilots while protecting foreign and domestic airspace. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Duane Duimstra/Released)

Germany to relocate troops from Turkey to Jordan

Posted on June 8, 2017 by alert5

The German government has decided to relocate its Tornado ECR fighters currently deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey to Jordan.

Photo: Bundeswehr/Bienert
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SpaceX’s first mission for USAF is to launch X-37B

Posted on June 7, 2017 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson disclosed that SpaceX will launch the X-37B into orbit this August.

By SpaceX [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia to take delivery of 2 more PAK-FAs this year

Posted on June 7, 2017June 6, 2017 by alert5

Development of Sukhoi’s PAK-FA stealth fighter is in its final stage, Russia’s Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Jun. 5.

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