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388th FW fires F-35A cannon for first time

Posted on August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 by alert5

388th Fighter Wing’s 4th Fighter Squadron were the first operational unit to fire the F-35A’s 25 mm cannon in a strafing run during training at Utah Test and Training range on Aug. 13.

U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar
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Roll out of the Tu-22M3M

Posted on August 17, 2018 by alert5

F-22s dogfight against Norwegian F-35s

Posted on August 16, 2018 by alert5

Two F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron flew to Orland Air Base, Norway, Aug. 15, for a one-day exercise with Norwegian F-35s.

Two F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., fly in formation and conduct training operations with two Royal Norwegian air force F-35A Lightning II aircraft during an air refueling over Norway, Aug. 15, 2018. The F-22s deployed to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany on Aug. 8 and will remain in Europe for several weeks to train and forward deploy to NATO nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Preston Cherry)

Lockheed Martin gets another contract to develop a hypersonic weapon

Posted on August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin has won the U.S. Air Force’s Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) program that is worth $480 million.

By US Air Force (X-51 Hypersonic final flight) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Lost Black Cats – Official trailer

Posted on August 16, 2018August 15, 2018 by alert5

A movie that traces the history of Taiwan’s 35th Squadron will premier this Autumn after five-years of filming.