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Four commercial flights affected after IDF blows tire

Posted on January 26, 2018 by alert5

A RoCAF IDF fighter blew a tire while landing at Ching Chuan Kang Airport on Jan. 25. The incident disrupted four commercial flights.

Indian has launch its third attempt to buy aerial tankers

Posted on January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 by alert5

The Indian Air Force has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to buy six aerial refueling tankers on Jan. 25.

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Rescue of RSAF Tornado crew in Yemen

Posted on January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 by alert5

Arab News has a story on how the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) quickly activate its assets to rescue the crew of a Tornado fighter-bomber forced to eject over northern Yemen on Jan. 7.

Watch the maiden flight of Tu-160M2

Posted on January 26, 2018 by alert5

USS Carl Vinson will be first carrier to visit Vietnam since end of hostilities

Posted on January 26, 2018 by alert5

USS Carl Vinson is scheduled to make a port call in Da Nang, Vietnam this March, officials from both countries announced during a two-day visit to Hanoi by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

170204-N-BL637-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 04, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released)