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VMFA-122 flies the F-35B for the first time

Posted on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 by alert5

The Commanding Officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122), Lt. Col. John P. Price, conducts VMFA-122's first flight operations in an F-35B Lightning II on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz., March 29, 2018. VMFA-122 is conducting the flight operations for the first time as an F-35 squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Allison Lotz) — The Commanding Officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122), Lt. Col. John P. Price, conducts VMFA-122’s first flight operations in an F-35B Lightning II on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz., March 29, 2018. VMFA-122 is conducting the flight operations for the first time as an F-35 squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Allison Lotz)

Latest test-firing of RS-28 Sarmat ICBM

Posted on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 by alert5

Uzbekistan orders Mi-35 attack helicopters

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

TASS reported on Mar. 29 that Uzbekistan has signed a contract to buy more than 10 Mi-35 attack helicopters.

By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Mi-35) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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French Navy Rafales, E-2C arriving at Hampton Roads next month

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

The French Navy is bring 12 Rafale Ms and one E-2C to Hampton Roads, Virginia for a deployment that will eventually see them embarking aboard USS George H.W. Bush.

By MC2 Tyler Caswell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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