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USAF releases video showing how the QUICKSINK anti-ship weapon works

Posted on March 5, 2022March 4, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has produced a video showing how the GBU-31 based QUICKSINK anti-ship munition is used to take out maritime targets.

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MQ-8C to test mine countermeasure system

Posted on March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C will soon be flying its heaviest payload carried to date when it starts testing the Single System Multi-Mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) system.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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#FighterFriday

Posted on March 4, 2022 by alert5

220225-N-NO874-1004 ROMANIA (Feb. 25, 2022) A German Air Force A400M Tanker refuels an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, Feb. 25, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa. (Photo courtesy of Strike Fighter Squadron 11)

VFA-97 declared safe for flight for F-35C

Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Navy’s second F-35C squadron has achieved safe for flight on Feb. 18. The unit transitioned from
the F/A-18E last year.

Graphic: USN
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An interview with the first F-35B pilot to land on JS Izumo

Posted on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 by alert5

Greg did an interview with Lt. Col. Robert Guyette on the second last day of the Singapore Airshow. Guyette is the first person to land and take off from JS Izumo with the F-35B.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert Guyette, executive officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, holds a Japanese Ship Izumo patch from an F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo off the coast of Japan, Oct. 3, 2021. U.S. Marines and Sailors embarked aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo in support of the first ever F-35B Lightning II operations aboard a Japanese vessel. The U.S. and Japan continue to work closely together to broaden their operational capabilities, support the Treaty of mutual Cooperation and Security, and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

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