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Pakistan said to have offered “buy 1 JF-17, 1 free F-7” to Sri Lanka

Posted on February 20, 2017 by alert5

According to ANI News Service, Pakistan is trying hard to get Sri Lanka to buy its JF-17 fighter. Islamabad is said to have offered to give Sri Lanka a F-7 fighter for free in return for each JF-17 it purchase.

By Andres Ramirez [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Ted Cruz wants to bring B-21 to Texas

Posted on February 20, 2017February 19, 2017 by alert5

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is personally pushing the U.S. Air Force to bring the B-21 Raider to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas once it enters service.

Graphic: USAF
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Prowler’s 40th anniversary commemorated aboard MCAS Cherry Point

Posted on February 19, 2017 by alert5

A commemoration ceremony was held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point on Feb. 17 to honor the 40th anniversary of the EA-6B.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason Jimenez/ Released

The first Japanese MV-22 instructor pilot

Posted on February 19, 2017 by alert5

Capt. Tomohiro Sato of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is currently undergoing conversion training at VMMT-204. Sato will be the first Japanese MV-22 Osprey instructor pilot when the aircraft is introduced to the Japanese military next year.

U.S. Marine Corps photos/video/story by Lance Cpl. Cody Lemons/Released

Carl Vinson CSG conducts South China Sea patrol

Posted on February 19, 2017February 19, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Navy announced that the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has started its South China Sea patrol on Feb. 18.

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)