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Australia delivering two Hornets to Canada tomorrow

Posted on February 16, 2019February 16, 2019 by alert5

The Royal Canadian Air Force has invited local media in Alberta to cover the arrival of two F/A-18 Hornets from Australia.

Mehdi Nazarinia [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Google Earth 3D rendering of C-130s at Yokota Air Base, Japan

Posted on February 16, 2019February 15, 2019 by alert5

Google Earth 3D rendering of PAC-3 missile site in Tokyo

Posted on February 16, 2019February 15, 2019 by alert5

Google Earth 3D rendered some nice images of SAM sites in Taiwan

Posted on February 16, 2019February 15, 2019 by alert5

Some of Taiwan’s surface-to-air missile sites and other military installations have been rendered in 3D on Google Earth.

Former USAF specialist who defected to Iran was RC-135 aircrew member during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by alert5

A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who had defected to Iran severed as an airborne crypto linguist on board a RC-135 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Military Times revealed.

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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