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Russian MiG-29Ks will employ Kh-38 in Syria

Posted on September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 by alert5

An anonymous source told RBTH that Russian Navy MiG-29Ks heading to Syria may use the opportunity to test out the Kh-38 air-to-surface missile.

By Allocer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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SM-6 took down over-the-horizon target with help from F-35B

Posted on September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 by alert5

The F-35B has successfully verified its Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) integration capbility by helping a Aegis system engage an over-the-horizon target using a SM-6 missile.

Photo by Drew Hamilton
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Italian Air Force KC-767 getting cleared to refuel U.S. Navy aircraft

Posted on September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 by alert5

A Italian Air Force KC-767 aerial refueling tanker is getting busy at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland over a period of six-weeks in order to be certified to refuel U.S. Navy aircraft.

U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt
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USN says T-45C crash comment was ‘speculation’

Posted on September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 by alert5

The director of an ambulance company in Mississippi told the local radio that a VT-9 T-45C that crashed last week was caused by someone who “hit the wrong button and were ejected.”

By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (165471/A-128 T-45C TW-1 / VT-9) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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