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Former test pilot for Buran said he warned Eric Schultz a month ago

Posted on September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 by alert5

Magomed Tolboyev, the test pilot for Soviet Buran space shuttle, said he had been in contact with the late Lt. Col. Eric Schultz a month ago.

AF-1 Flt; Capt Eric "DOC" Schultz; First F-35 Flight; Pre-flt & Hosedown; F-35 ITF Edwards AFB; Ca.; 15 September 2011 — AF-1 Flt; Capt Eric “DOC” Schultz; First F-35 Flight; Pre-flt & Hosedown; F-35 ITF Edwards AFB; Ca.; 15 September 2011

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Japan to deploy P-1 for Exercise Malabar 2018

Posted on September 16, 2017 by alert5

Next year’s iteration of Exercise Malabar would see Japan deploying its new P-1 maritime patrol aircraft for the first time.

By Aleem Yousaf (Kawasaki P-1, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Watch F/A-18 pilot recount his shooting down of Syrian Su-22

Posted on September 16, 2017 by alert5

Rolls Royce offers to re-engine B-52 with its BR725

Posted on September 16, 2017 by alert5

If the U.S. Air Force eventually decides to re-engine its B-52 bomber fleet, Rolls Royce will pitch its BR725 turbofan to the service.

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Developmental test-firing of Astra AAM completes

Posted on September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 by alert5

India has completed the development test-firing of its indiegnous Astra Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) this week.

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