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RAAF’s F-35s are on their way home

Posted on December 2, 2018 by alert5

The Royal Australian Air Force are sending two F-35As permanently home from Luke Air Force Base this week.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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S-400 test-firing at Kapustin Yar training ground

Posted on December 2, 2018 by alert5

Russia activates fourth S-400 division in Crimea

Posted on December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 by alert5

Russia has declared that a fourth S-400 air defense missile system in now operational in the town of Dzhankoy in Crimea.

Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense

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Turkey needs to find a new engine for Pakistan’s T129 order

Posted on December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 by alert5

Pakistan’s bid to buy the T129 attack helicopter from Turkey has run into a roadblock after the U.S. government refused to grant an export license for the rotorcraft’s LHTEC T800 turboshaft engine.

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Sierra Nevada Corp. given contract to supply 12 A-29s to Nigeria

Posted on December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. government has given Sierra Nevada Corp. a $329 million contract to supply 12 A-29 aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force.

An A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft arrives at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, April 24, 2018. The 81st Fighter Squadron received the aircraft to help continue the Afghan light air support training mission, which ultimately provides Afghan pilots with the capabilities of finding, tracking and attacking targets either on their own or in support of ground forces. The aircraft will eventually be used by the Afghan Air Force for close-air attack, air interdiction, escort and armed reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

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