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Welsh says restarting F-22 line and buying improved F-22 might be cheaper than getting 6th-gen. jet

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by alert5

Outgoing U.S. Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, has change tune on the subject of restarting the Lockheed Martin F-22 production line.

By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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NTSB blames USAF, USMC, Air USA for fatal T59 crash at MCAS Yuma

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by alert5

The National Transportation Safety Board has published its investigation into the crash of a BAE Systems Hawk Mk 67 (former RoKAF T59) at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Mar. 11, 2015. The aircraft hit a stationary vehicle and killed a Marine inside it.

Photo by Randy Hoeft/Yuma Sun
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F414-GE-400 selected to power KF-X

Posted on May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 by alert5

General Electric’s F414-GE-400 after-burning engine has been selected by South Korea to power its next fighter – the KF-X.

Source: KAI
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AVIC official goes missing

Posted on May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 by alert5

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily reported that a deputy director with Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has gone missing recently and the paper said Guo Enming has been implicated for spying.

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U.K. to pick vendor for laser weapon demonstrator

Posted on May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 by alert5

Britain will choose a contractor next month to lead a laser weapon demonstration program and a Babcock-led team has proposed fielding a Qinetiq developed laser mounted on the Phalanx CIWS.

By U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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