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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)

RoKAF Black Eagles & TNI AU Jupiter Friendship Flight at #LIMA17

Posted on March 26, 2017 by alert5

Our friend the “Butcher” has upload his latest video taken at Langkawi.

CF-18s to take over Icelandic Air Policing mission in May

Posted on March 26, 2017 by alert5

Canada will send six of its CF-18s to Iceland for the Icelandic Air Policing mission in May. Later in September, there will be another air policing mission in Romania.

By John Davies – CYOW Airport Watch [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

Poland not buying second-hand F-16s

Posted on March 26, 2017March 25, 2017 by alert5

Poland has decided against acquiring second-hand F-16s as the move is deemed to be expensive. Instead, Warsaw is studying whether to get new F-16s or F-35s.

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