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Two PAF pilots killed in SF260TP crash

Posted on January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 by alert5

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) confirmed on Wednesday that one of its SIAI-Marchetti SF-260TP trainer/light attack turboprop aircraft went down in Bataan while its two pilots were conducting “recurrency training.” According to the PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo, the plane crashed in Barangay Del Rosario in Pilar town at about 10:34 a.m. and that the investigation is ongoing. The SF-260TP aircraft was assigned to the 15th Strike Wing, based at the Danilo Atienza Air Base in Sangley Point, Cavite.

Photo: Pilar Municipal Police Station
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U.S. ask Israel to transfer its HAWK missiles to Ukraine

Posted on January 26, 2023 by alert5

According to news reports in Israel, the United States had approached Israel to release its stockpile of MIM-23 HAWK air defense missiles and transfer them to Ukraine.

אסף טופז / IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

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RNZAF to retire the P-3K2

Posted on January 25, 2023 by alert5

The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No. 5 Squadron put on a three-ship P-3K2 formation flight on Jan. 24 to mark the end of an era as the fleet prepares to retire at the end of the month.

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DOT&E raises concern over the testing of the F/A-18 IRST Block II

Posted on January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 by alert5

The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has raised concerns with the operational testing schedule of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II program.