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Japan’s CH-47s reach Indonesia for the Self-Defense Forces’ first overseas firefighting mission

Posted on September 11, 2026 by alert5

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) transport ship Kunisaki arrived at Kijing Port in West Kalimantan on Sept. 10, completing an eleven-day voyage from the Kure naval base that carries three Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) CH-47JA Chinook helicopters into Indonesia’s fight against a wildfire season that has scorched hundreds of thousands of hectares since July.

Photo: Japan Ministry of Defense
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Ex-Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi begins voyage to become Indonesia’s KRI Gajah Mada

Posted on August 27, 2026 by alert5

Southeast Asia is set to gain its second aircraft carrier operator, following Thailand, which has held the distinction since it commissioned HTMS Chakri Naruebet in 1997. Indonesia’s turn arrived this week, as the carrier that will become its first, ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, departed Italy on Monday night bound for a new home port in Lampung.

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Germany sends P-8A to Indo-Pacific

Posted on February 20, 2026 by alert5

On Feb. 16, a German Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft lifted off from Nordholz Naval Air Base on Germany’s North Sea coast and headed east. It was bound for India on the first intercontinental deployment of its kind.

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Lawmakers grill military leaders at V-22 hearing

Posted on February 11, 2026 by alert5

American military leaders faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers on Feb. 9 over the V-22 Osprey’s troubled safety record, with accident rates spiking nearly 90 percent above historical averages and 20 service members killed between fiscal years 2022 and 2024.

U.S. Marines take off in an MV-22B Osprey at Norwegian Air Force Base Bodø during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Norway, March 26, 2022. The Marines are assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing. Exercise Cold Response ’22 is a biennial exercise that takes place across Norway, with participation from each of its military services, as well as from 26 additional North Atlantic Treaty Organization allied nations and regional partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III)

U.S. Navy demonstrates AI autonomy on BQM-177A through Shield AI partnership

Posted on September 24, 2025September 24, 2025 by alert5

The U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated artificial intelligence-based autonomy on the BQM-177A aerial target in August at Point Mugu Sea Range, California, marking the first beyond-visual-range autonomy mission on a fast-moving platform. The test involved two aircraft operated by Shield AI’s Hivemind software under the Naval Air Systems Command’s Experimental Platform for Intelligent Combat project.

Photo: Shield AI
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