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Croatia selects Israeli second-hand F-16C/Ds

Posted on March 30, 2018March 29, 2018 by alert5

Croatia’s Defense Council has recommended that the country accept an offer from Israel to sell 10 F-16Cs and 2 F-16Ds.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Osberry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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JF-17 to get Chinese KLJ-7A AESA radar

Posted on March 29, 2018 by alert5

A researcher from China’s Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology says the JF-17 in service with Pakistan will be upgraded with the institute’s KLJ-7A Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.

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U.S. Navy plans to modify another 45 Super Hornets to Block III configuration

Posted on March 29, 2018 by alert5

U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has indicated that it intends to modify another 45 Super Hornets to the Block III configuration.

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Watch the roll out of South Korea’s first F-35

Posted on March 29, 2018 by alert5

Her job is to dogfight against F-22 pilots

Posted on March 29, 2018 by alert5

Lt. Col. Cheryl Buehn is the only female T-38 instructor pilot at the 71st Fighter Training Squadron. The unit’s role is to provide adversarial air training for the F-22s at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

U.S Air Force Lt. Col. Cheryl Buehn, 71st Fighter Training Squadron T-38A Talon instructor pilot, prepares for takeoff at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 13, 2018. Buehn commissioned through the U.S Air Force Academy and, while there, she was selected to train in the Euro-NATO Joint-Jet Pilot Training Program. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Natasha Stannard)