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Incident involving Bulgaria’s C-27J

Posted on January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 by alert5

Bulgaria’s fleet of three C-27Js are all unable to fly after the last serviceable aircraft was involved in an accident at Graf Ignatievo Airport on Jan. 20.

By Aldo Bidini [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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India to test 800-km range BrahMos later this year

Posted on January 21, 2018 by alert5

India is working on increasing the range of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to 800km and this variant will be tested by this year.

By Anirvan Shukla (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan deploying its F-35A at Misawa this month

Posted on January 21, 2018 by alert5

Japan is ready to deploy the F-35A and the first aircraft will go to Misawa airbase this month, NHK reports.

911th Airlift Wing’s final C-130 deployment

Posted on January 21, 2018 by alert5

Four C-130Hs assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing has returned home to Pittsburgh after a four-month deployment to Qatar. This is the final C-130 deployment for the unit as it will be transitioning to the C-17 later this year.