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George and Barbara Bush Foundation requests VC-25A for museum

Posted on April 11, 2019April 10, 2019 by alert5

The George and Barbara Bush Foundation has approached the U.S. Air Force to request that a VC-25A be loaned out as a permanent exhibit from 2025.

Oren Rozen [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Saab Indonesia came up with desktop model of Erieye to mark TNI AU’s 73rd anniversary

Posted on April 10, 2019 by alert5

Japan cleared to buy 56 SM-3 Block IB missiles

Posted on April 10, 2019 by alert5

The Trump administration has given the green light for Japan to buy up to 56 SM-3 Block IB missiles.

U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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First Japanese-assembled F-35A has crashed

Posted on April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 by alert5

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A that went missing on Apr. 9 has crashed. Debris from the aircraft was spotted on water two hours after it disappeared from radar.

Photos: JASDF

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Last surviving Doolittle Raider passes away

Posted on April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 by alert5

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole, the last survivor of the “Doolittle Raid,” died Apr. 9, in San Antonio. Nine days before the 77th anniversary of the famous air raid.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.
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