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F-22s from Tyndall AFB are now fully integrated in Alaska

Posted on September 20, 2019September 19, 2019 by alert5

Walk into JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and you might encounter a F-22 with a TY tail code. Seven of those jets relocated from Tyndall Air Force Base are now fully integrated at the base.

F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing and 477th Fighter Group participate in a close formation taxi, known as an Elephant Walk, March 26, 2019, during a Polar Force exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. This two-week exercise gives squadrons an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to forward deploy and deliver overwhelming combat power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sheila deVera)

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Watch U.S. Army Apaches test-firing the Spike NLOS

Posted on September 19, 2019 by alert5

Raytheon demonstrates JPALS to F-35 operators

Posted on September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 by alert5

Representatives from Japan, Netherlands, Italy and U.K. were at NAS Patuxent River to see how Raytheon rapidly set up a Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) to allow F-35Cs to touch down precisely on a designated point on the runway.

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Testing of Gremlins disrupted due to earthquake damage at China Lake

Posted on September 19, 2019 by alert5

Testing of the Gremlins air-recoverable unmanned air vehicles has been disrupted after an earthquake on Jul. 5 damaged the flight termination system at the test range.

Graphic: Dynetics

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India to take delivery of first Rafale on Oct. 8

Posted on September 19, 2019 by alert5

Dassault will hand over to India its first Rafale fighter on Oct. 8. The new chief of the Indian Air Force is expected to be at the hand-over ceremony in Merignac.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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