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Britain to bring 4 F-35Bs home next month

Posted on May 18, 2018May 17, 2018 by alert5

F-35Bs will soon be a common sight at RAF Marham in East Anglia from next month onwards as four aircraft will be transfer from the U.S.

British Armed Forces attached to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 recieve a new F-35B Lightning II 160715-M-RZ485-002
By Sgt. Jarrod Rayner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Navy

Z-19E completes firing trials

Posted on May 17, 2018 by alert5

Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced on May 16 that its Harbin Z-19E attack helicopter has completed its firing trials.

Harbin Z-19
By YU Ming [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Industry

General Atomics flight testing Guardian UAS in Japan

Posted on May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 by alert5

General Atomics started a three-week flight test of its Guardian UAS at Iki Island, Japan on May 9.


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Posted in Industry, UAV

The last EA-6B squadron

Posted on May 17, 2018 by alert5

Following the deactivation of VMAQ-3 last week, the United States is now left with only one EA-6B squadron.

EA-6B Prowler 162230
By Paul Farley [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Marines

Sale of two second-hand British C-130Js to Bangladesh confirmed

Posted on May 17, 2018 by alert5

A multi-year support contract awarded to Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has confirmed the sale of two C-130Js from Britain to Bangladesh.

Lockheed C-130J Hercules United Kingdom - Air Force, EHLW Leeuwarden, Netherlands PP1150487955
By Peter Bakema [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

Posted in Air Force

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