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RAF Eurofighters deploying to Romania

Posted on March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 by alert5

Four Royal Air Force Eurofighters from 3 (Fighter) Squadron will deploy to Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase starting from May.

Photo: SAC Steve Buckley/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japanese politicians want JSDF to have ability to strike North Korea

Posted on March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 by alert5

Some politicians from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party want the Japan Self-Defense Force to have the ability to strike North Korea.

By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israeli G550s uploaded with new UAV-detecting software code

Posted on March 28, 2017 by alert5

The Israeli Air Force’s G550 airborne early warning aircraft have been given new software that allows its onboard EL/W-2085 radars to detect unmanned aerial vehicles.

By Oren Rozen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Saudi Eurofighters, F-15s in Sudan for inaugural air exercise

Posted on March 27, 2017 by alert5

Saudi Arabia has deployed its F-15s and Eurofighters to Sudan for an air exercise. The war game will take place between Mar. 29 to Apr. 12.

By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Airmen salvage vertical tail of crashed Thunderbird 6

Posted on March 26, 2017 by alert5

The Thunderbird F-16 that went down in Colorado last year had its vertical tail removed on Mar. 14 at Peterson Air Force Base.

U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard, Crash Damage Disabled Aircraft Recovery team, work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damage Thunderbird F-16, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 14, 2017. The F-16 aircraft was returning to Peterson AFB after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea)