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Watch RoKAF KC-330 refueling F-15K and KF-16

Posted on January 31, 2019 by alert5

All-female flyover for funeral of U.S. Navy’s first woman fighter pilot

Posted on January 31, 2019 by alert5

The commanding officer of VFA-32, CDR Stacy Uttecht, will lead a all-female missing man flyover at the funeral of retired Capt. Rosemary Mariner on Feb. 2.

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Recertified and modernized Tomahawks will be designated as Block V

Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has disclosed that recertified and modernized Tomahawk cruise missiles will be given the Block V designation.

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#TankerThursday

Posted on January 31, 2019 by alert5

The crew of a new KC-46 Pegasus aerial-refueling aircraft practice making refueling hose connections with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Washington, January 22, 2019. Team Fairchild’s 384th Air Refueling Squadron was the first to train with the newly-produced aircraft to train pilots and boom operators to work with the new refueling aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lawrence Sena)

Shoigu inspects upgraded Su-30SM at Irkutsk

Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 by alert5

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the Irkutsk aviation plant on Jan. 30 and he had a closeup look at a modernized Su-30SM.

Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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