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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.