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Three B-2s deployed to RAF Fairford

Posted on August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 by alert5
Three B-2s deployed to RAF Fairford

Three B-2 stealth bombers have arrived at RAF Fairford under the cover of darkness on Aug. 27.

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Video by Staff Sgt. Kristin Cerri

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Posted in Air Force

Former South Vietnamese C-130A arrives at its new home

Posted on August 27, 2019 by alert5

The National Warplane Museum has taken delivery of a former South Vietnamese C-130A that was one of the last of its kind to escape the country in 1975.

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Posted in Heritage

X-37B just clocked new spaceflight-duration record

Posted on August 27, 2019 by alert5

The current X-37B mission – OTV-5 – has broken a new spaceflight-duration record that was previously set at 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes during the previous mission.

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Giuseppe De Chiara 1968 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Space

Spanish Air Force C-101 crashes

Posted on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 by alert5

A Spanish Air Force C-101 crashed on Aug. 26, killing the pilot on board. The crash took place at La Manga del Mar Menor and was witnessed by the public.

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Posted in Air Force

Price of Super Hornet fuel tank valve nearly doubled after company was sold

Posted on August 27, 2019 by alert5

Research by BidLink.net found that a stop-check valve being fitted inside the fuel tanks of Super Hornets and Growlers has nearly doubled in price after GE Aviation sold off the division.

A U.S. Navy F-A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), not shown, in the Pacific 130424-N-TC437-736
MCSA Ignacio D. Perez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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