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Last KC-135 assigned to Pease AFB will depart on Mar. 24

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by alert5

Pease Air Force Base is proceeding with its transition to the KC-46 as planned with the last remaining KC-135 tanker departing the base on Mar. 24.

Aircrew from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, take off in a KC-135R Stratotanker, tail number 58-0023, at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., Jan. 30, 2019. The aircraft is one of eight aircraft leaving the Wing during the unit’s divestiture of the KC-135. The aircraft is headed to the 151st ARW, Wright ANGB, Utah. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz)

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USAF F-16 with APKWS in Afganistan

Posted on March 12, 2019 by alert5

The 510th Expedtionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan delivers precision fire to protect U.S. and coalition forces in support of Operations Freedom Sentinel and the NATO Resolute Support mission. Both maintainers and pilots are essential to supporting the mission at Bagram. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rito Smith)

Indian Air Force wants to reactivate WW2 airstrip

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by alert5

A World War Two airstrip that has been abandoned since the 1950s in Tamil Nadu, India could be reactivated in the near future as an east coast air surveillance base for the Indian Air Force.

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Lack of hardened aircraft shelters forced India to respond to PAF intrusion with MiG-21s first

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by alert5

According to The Hindu, India’s MiG-21s were the first to intercept the intruding Pakistani fighter jets because the Su-30s were deployed further behind the border due to a lack of hardened aircraft shelters at bases near the front line.

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