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Ukrainian L-39 crashes

Posted on July 3, 2019 by alert5

A Ukrainian L-39 has crashed on Jul. 2. The jet went down in the Kharkiv region with a student pilot at the controls.

Ministry of Defense of Ukraine [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Boeing T-X just flew its first EMD flight test

Posted on July 2, 2019 by alert5

Hot-pit refueling on F-35 now faster thanks to 1950s technology

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by alert5

Airmen from the 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base have found a way to shave time off during the hot-pit refueling on F-35s using a Type 1 hydrant system from the 1950s and hose cart from the 1970s.

Senior Airman Michael Rogers, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics techinician, and Senior Airman Christian Cook, 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels operator, performs a hotpits refueling with a hose cart from the 1970s on an F-35 Lightning II from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, June 20, 2019, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. A hot-pit allows aircraft to refuel without turning the engine off and quickly return to the air. The traditional refueling process can take more than an hour before the aircraft can take off, while a hot-pit takes 13 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Andrew Kobialka)

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INS Viraat to be scrap

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by alert5

The Indian Navy has given up plans to covert decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat into a museum and will scrap the ship.

Photo: Indian Navy

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German EC-135 crashes

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by alert5

A German Army pilot was killed when his EC-135 helicopter crashed near the northern city of Hanover on Jul. 1.

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