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USN modifying 18 LRIP F/A-18E/Fs for Blue Angels

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Navy plans to modify and repaint 18 low-rate initial production (LRIP) F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for the Blue Angels.

U.S. Navy photo by Adam Skoczylas
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Night Stalkers MQ-1 hunter-killer unit has been decimating ISIS

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has a company of MQ-1C drones that has been hunting down ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria, Yahoo News reports.

US Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Taiwan MND’s unscheduled press conference on new fighter purchase

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by alert5

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense held an unscheduled press conference this afternoon to refute some media reports regarding the purchase of new fighters from United States.