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F-22s scrambled to intercept Russian Tu-95 100 miles south of Kodiak

Posted on April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 by alert5

Two F-22s were scrambled from Elmendorf Air Force Base on the evening of Apr. 17 to intercept a Russian Tu-95 bomber that was approaching the coast of Alaska.

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Blackhawk crash in Maryland golf course kills one

Posted on April 18, 2017 by alert5

One U.S. military serviceman was killed and two others seriously injured when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed at the Breton Bay Golf and Country Club in Leonardtown, Maryland on Apr. 17.

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Russia’s Zircon anti-ship missile reached Mach 8

Posted on April 18, 2017 by alert5

An anonymous source in the Russia’s defense sector told TASS that new Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missile under development has reached a speed of Mach 8 during testing.

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Carl Vinson CSG to arrive in South Korean waters next week

Posted on April 18, 2017 by alert5

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is expected to arrive off the eastern part of South Korea on Apr. 25, South Korean officials disclosed.

170204-N-BL637-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 04, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released)

T-45C flights to resume with restrictions

Posted on April 18, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has lifted the operational pause on its T-45C with some restrictions while the service determine the root cause the problem with the aircraft’s On Board Oxygen Generator System (OBOGS).

By U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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