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100th F-35 FMS sortie

Posted on March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 by alert5

Student and instructor pilots working under the Foreign Military Sales program flew the 100th sortie at Luke Air Force Base on Mar. 7.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.
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Four F-16C/Ds delivered to Indonesia

Posted on March 22, 2017 by alert5

Four Indonesian Air Force F-16C/Ds that left Hill Air Force Base on Mar. 14 have arrived in the country.

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned as Ferry Cell 5 prepare their Indonesian F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft prior to departure on March 14 from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

RTAF yet to determine cause of Gripen crash

Posted on March 22, 2017 by alert5

The Royal Thai Air Force is still trying to determine the cause behind the crash of a single-seat Gripen fighter earlier this year.

By Alert5 (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Germany has failed to find buyers for its 13 A400Ms

Posted on March 20, 2017March 19, 2017 by alert5

Germany had wanted to downsize its A400M fleet from 53 to 40 aircraft since 2011 but till now it has not been able to find a buyer. Therefore the Luftwaffe has given up on the initiative and take delivery of all aircraft.

By Peter Gronemann from Switzerland (A400M seconds to touch down) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Combat debut of Arrow ABM

Posted on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017 by alert5

Israel has fired its indigenous Arrow anti-ballistic missile in combat for the first time. The system was used to bring down a Syrian surface-to-air missile that was targeting Israeli warplanes.

By United States Missile Defense Agency (US Missile Defense Agency Arrow gallery Image link) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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