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Turkish fighters harass Chinook with Greek Prime Minister on board

Posted on April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 by alert5

A Greek Chinook helicopter ferrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came under harassment from two Turkish fighters near the islet of Ro on Apr. 17.

By The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Malaysia, Pakistan in preliminary talks over JF-17

Posted on April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 by alert5

At the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2018 being held in Malaysia, an official from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) told Jane’s that PAC is in preliminary talks with Kuala Lumpur over the potential sale of the JF-17 to Malaysia.

By Andres Ramirez [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israel struck Syria’s T4 airbase to take down Iranian Tor air defense missile system

Posted on April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 by alert5

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria’s T4 airbase last week in order to keep a newly-arrive Iranian Tor air defense missile system from being activated.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/561) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israel withdraws F-15s from Red Flag Alaska

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by alert5

Israel has decided that its F-15 fighters will not be heading to Alaska for this year’s Red Flag exercise. The Israelis were supposed to be making its debut in the Alaskan edition of the annual air combat exercise.

By TSGT KEVIN J. GRUENWALD, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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