Alert 5

Four E-8Cs that recently completed depot maintenance at a Northrop Grumman facility have been grounded after one of the surveillance jet had a Class A mishap with its main sensor, the APY-7 radar.

By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Czech Gripens will depart for Iceland on Sept. 29 as the service returns to the island for the NATO Icelandic Air Policing program.

By Milan Nykodym from Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czech Gripens over the Iceland) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Pakistan Air Force F-7 fighter crashed near the town of Jamrud on Sept. 24. The pilot, identified as Flight Lieutenant Amer Shazad, was killed.

By Michael B. Keller, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Beale Air Force Base, California resume U-2 flights on Sept. 23. Two U-2s were launched at 9:01 a.m. to signify the unity of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and the 1st Reconnaissance Squadrons, which the late Lt. Col. Steve “Shooter” Eadie was assigned to.

U.S Air Force photo/ 1st Lt. Clay Lancaster