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Spain looking at F-35 to replace its EF-18, AV-8B

Posted on June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 by alert5

Miguel González from EL PAÍS reported that Spanish defense officials are keen to procure the F-35 so that it can replace its EF-18s and AV-8Bs.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Lamkin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saudi Arabia is first export customer for AN/TPQ-53

Posted on June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 by alert5

Saudi Arabia is on course to be the first export customer of the Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar.

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Watch the roll out of 1st F-35A assembled in Japan

Posted on June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 by alert5

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has roll out the first F-35A to be assembled in Japan (AX-5) at its Toyoyama plant today.

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Super Hornets, F-15Js fly in formation over CVN 76

Posted on June 5, 2017 by alert5

170601-N-EM227-117 SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) U.S. Navy and Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The U.S. Navy and Japan Air Self-Defense Force routinely fly together to continue efforts of supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Artur Sedrakyar/Released) — 170601-N-EM227-117
SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) U.S. Navy and Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The U.S. Navy and Japan Air Self-Defense Force routinely fly together to continue efforts of supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Artur Sedrakyar/Released)

A6M Zero piloted by Japanese flew over Tokyo Bay

Posted on June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 by alert5

One of the highlights of the Red Bull Air Race 2017 in Tokyo was the appearance of a Mitsubishi Zero warbird flown by a Japanese pilot.

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