Aviation News
A pair of B-2 stealth bombers from the 509th Bomber Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base dropped inert B61-7 and B61-11 nuclear bombs at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada recently.
By Dave Bezaire & Susi Havens-Bezaire (Flickr: B61 Nuclear bomb) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The existing Fallon Range Training Complex in Nevada has become too small for U.S. Marine and Navy pilots to practice aerial warfare and the sailing branch has requested to expand the range by 1364 square miles.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph R. Vincent [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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In an interview with CNN Turk, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said the country is in the final stages of a developing a new Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) system that will be able to intercept incoming rockets fired by ISIL from Syria.
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The Airbus C295W medium transport operated as an aerial refueling tanker on Sept. 29 for the first time. The tanker was equipped with a palletized air-to-air refueling unit and a Spanish Air Force C295 made several contacts with the drogue.
The French Air Force’s 02.005 Fighter Squadron will mark its 75th anniversary this month and the squadron has painted one of its Mirage 2000 in a special paint scheme for the occasion.
