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South Korea deploying UAVs to patrol DMZ

Posted on November 13, 2015 by alert5

South Korean Army and Marine Corps units will start to receive unmanned aerial vehicles from next year to help patrol the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

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V-22 testing rolling take-offs, landings on carrier deck

Posted on November 13, 2015November 12, 2015 by alert5

To prepare for the arrival of the HV-22, NAVAIR had an Osprey perform roll-on landings and takeoffs from the angled deck of an aircraft carrier last month.

By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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First operational aerial refueling for a French Air Force helicopter

Posted on November 10, 2015 by alert5

France has conducted its first operational aerial refueling when a EC725 from 1/67 ‘Pyrénées’ squadron took fuel from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J over Africa recently.

Photos: French Defense Ministry
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Work: F-35 is a flying sensor computer

Posted on November 9, 2015 by alert5

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work talked about the Pentagon’s new “third offset strategy” to defeat future adversaries at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Nov. 8.

By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Staci Miller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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