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VFA-106 may be canceling TACDEMO for 2019 season

Posted on June 28, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Navy is thinking whether to cancel the rest of the VFA-106 TACDEMO for the 2019 season. The move was revealed when the official U.S. Navy Tac Demo Facebook page erroneously posted that all airshow displays by the unit will cease immediately.

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Russia to start building first LHD in 2021

Posted on June 28, 2019June 27, 2019 by alert5

TASS reports that Russia will start construction of its first amphibious assault ship (LHD) in 2021.

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French Army Gazelle shot down by enemy fire in Mali

Posted on June 27, 2019 by alert5

Details have emerged on an incident in Mali on Jun. 14 whereby a French Army Gazelle helicopter was fired upon and crash landed.

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Russian video game developer who was jailed over F-16 manuals says he was a celebrity behind bars

Posted on June 27, 2019 by alert5

Oleg Tishchenko, the video gamer developer hired by Eagle Dynamics, says he was a celebrity while in the jail in the United States.

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British, Israeli, U.S. F-35s participate in Exercise Tri-Lightning

Posted on June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 by alert5

A one-day defensive counter air exercise over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on Jun. 25 saw F-35s from U.S., U.K. and Israel playing as blue force against red force played by previous generation fighters.

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, center, lead a formation of Israeli Air Force F-35I Lightning IIs, right, and Royal Air Force F-35B Lightnings, left, during Exercise Tri-Lightning over an undisclosed location over the Mediterranean Sea, June 25, 2019. Tri-Lightning is a defensive counterair exercise over the Eastern Mediterranean involving the U.S. U.K., and Israel. The exercise is designed to improve interoperability and coordination in air operations among the U.S. and it’s allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keifer Bowes)

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