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Lockheed Martin about to sell 440 F-35s to 11 countries

Posted on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 by alert5

Reuters is reporting that the manufacturer of the F-35 stealth fighter is in final stages of negotiations to sell 440 jets to 11 nations.

An F-35A Lightning II from the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, lands at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 15, 2017. The aircraft arrival marks the first F-35A fighter training deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility or any overseas location as a flying training deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Eric Burks)

Iran fired ballistic missiles at ISIL targets in Syria

Posted on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 by alert5

It was reported that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has fired a number of ballistic missiles into Syria, targeting ISIL forces in the Deir Ezzor region in Eastern Syria.

Photo: IRIBNews
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Syrian Su-22 shot down by F/A-18E

Posted on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 by alert5

Boeing’s Super Hornet has scored its first air-to-air kill when a Syrian Su-22 was shot down by a U.S. Navy F/A-18E on Jun. 18.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Exercise MAPLE FLAG 50

Posted on June 18, 2017 by alert5

Exercise MAPLE FLAG 50 is taking place at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta from May 29 to Jun. 23. Foreign participants this year are F-16s from RSAF and USAF, one A400M from FAF and E-3s from FAF and USAF.

Operation REASSURANCE air task force concludes mission in Iceland

Posted on June 18, 2017June 18, 2017 by alert5

The six CF-18s from the Royal Canadian Air Force have concluded their NATO mission in Iceland on Jun. 16.

Photo: Corporal Gary Calvé. Imagery Technician ATF-ICELAND
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