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50th anniversary of C-5’s first flight

Posted on June 27, 2018 by alert5

The Lockheed C-5 made its first flight on Jun. 30, 1968.

Posted in Air Force, Heritage, Industry

Australia orders six MQ-4Cs

Posted on June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 by alert5

Australia will spend $1.4 billion to acquire the first of six MQ-4Cs for the Royal Australian Air Force.

MQ-4C Triton flight testing
By Alex Evers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/8906719846/) [Public domain or CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force, Navy, UAV

KC-130J completes successful Harvest HAWK Plus testing

Posted on June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 by alert5

An improved variant of the Harvest HAWK roll-on, roll-off precision strike package weapons system has completed a successful five-week developmental and integrated test (DT/IT) live fire event.


Photo: NAVAIR
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Posted in Navy

Pakistan Air Force FT-7PG crashes

Posted on June 27, 2018 by alert5

A Pakistan Air Force FT-7PG fighter trainer crashed during landing at the Peshawar Air Base on Jun. 26.

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Posted in Air Force

China needs at least 10 months to fix the CCU of the FT-7NI; Nigeria repaired it in a week

Posted on June 26, 2018 by alert5

The Nigerian Air Force says it has managed to develop an in-house fix for the Communications Control Unit (CCU) on the FT-7NI fighter trainer.

Nigerian Air Force Chengdu FT-7NI Iwelumo-2
By Kenneth Iwelumo [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force

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