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F-35 will be getting Auto GCAS by next year

Posted on February 3, 2018February 1, 2018 by alert5

The Pentagon has brought forward a plan to install the automatic ground collision avoidance software on the F-35.

U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola fly over the northwest coast of Florida May 15, 2013 130515-F-BU402-206
By MSgt Donald Allen [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Philippine Navy’s TC-90 flew first patrol over Scarborough Shoal

Posted on February 3, 2018February 1, 2018 by alert5

A Philippine Navy TC-90 has flown over the Scarborough Shoal for the first time on Jan. 31, the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) said in a statement.

Tc-90 04l
By 海上自衛隊 [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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CO of VMM-265 fired

Posted on February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 by alert5

Marine Corps Times reported that the commanding officer of VMM-265 was fired by Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley, the commanding officer of the 1st Marine Air Wing on Jan. 26.

Triple Threat (34818997973)
By Marines from Arlington, VA, United States Lance Cpl. Amy Phan/31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Triple Threat) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Italian Navy F-35B arrives at NAS Patuxent River

Posted on February 2, 2018 by alert5

A Italian Navy F-35B assembled in Italy has flown across the Atlantic and arrived at NAS Patuxent River on Jan. 31.

First Italian F-35B arrives at NAS Pax River
Photo By Dane Wiedmann
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PLAAF GX-4 command post said to have crashed

Posted on February 2, 2018 by alert5

An aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) crashed in Guizhou on Jan. 29 and it is said that the plane was a GX-4 C3I command post and battlefield surveillance aircraft.

PLANAF-GX4-01
By 日本防衛省統合幕僚監部 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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