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101st to use CH-47s for assaults

Posted on September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division intends to add a new CH-47 battalion into its ranks to perform assaults.

CH-47 Chinook Afghanistan 101st Airborne 2010
ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office from Kabul, Afghanistan [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Delhi-class destroyers getting new radar and missile systems

Posted on September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 by alert5

India is to upgrade the radar and missile systems of its Delhi-class destroyers with help from Russia.

INS Delhi
Ministry of Defence, Government of India [GODL-India], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Navy

MBDA to demonstrate SPEAR-EW

Posted on September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by alert5

MBDA says it has been awarded a contract to demonstrate the SPEAR-EW.


Graphic MBDA
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Posted in Industry

Last pilot to fly RoCAF U-2 operational mission has passed away

Posted on September 12, 2019 by alert5

We have received word that Chiu Sungchou, who flew the last operational U-2 mission from Taiwan on 24 May 1974, has passed away in Taipei on Sept. 11.

邱松州教官

Posted in Heritage

Poland cleared to buy 32 F-35As

Posted on September 12, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 32 F-35As to Poland. The Foreign Military Sale package is worth an estimated cost of $6.5 billion.


U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw

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Posted in Air Force

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