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Royal Navy Lynx farewell flypast

Posted on March 15, 2017 by alert5

The Royal Navy is retiring its Lynx naval helicopter this month and the rotorcraft will be making two flypasts on Mar. 17.

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Italian Eurofighters heading to Iceland

Posted on March 15, 2017March 15, 2017 by alert5

The Italian Air Force will dispatch six of its Eurofighters to Iceland from Mar. 16 to mid-April for the Icelandic Air Policing mission.

By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (Eurofighter Typhoon – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Pilot of RA-85572 had full control of aircraft before crashing

Posted on March 14, 2017 by alert5

Russian media reported that the pilot flying a Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 that crashed into the Black Sea on Dec. 25, 2016 had put the jet into a controlled descent shortly after take-off.

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JMSDF, ROKN, USN destroyers in missile defense informational link exercise

Posted on March 14, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. 7th Fleet announced today that destroyers USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG- 991), and JS Kirishima (DDG-174) are operating in waters east of the Korean peninsula and north of Japan for a trilateral missile warning informational link exercise (LINKEX).

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Michael Feddersen [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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