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Final RAF Voyager MRTT is out from the factory

Posted on June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 by alert5

Airbus has flown the final Voyager MRTT airborne tanker, destined for the Royal Air Force, to Germany for painting and eventual delivery in July.

By Cpl Ashley Keates (RAF) [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Croatian MiG-21s refurbished by Ukraine have engines with questionable sources

Posted on June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 by alert5

An Croatian investigation into the refurbishment of its MiG-21 fleet by Ukraine has uncovered more irregularities. Paperwork from Ukraine indicated that two engines that it supplied to Croatia were of unknown origins.

By Jerry Gunner (Flickr: MiG-21UMD “Mongol” of Croatian AF) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Navy has decommissioned all its eight low-pressure chambers

Posted on June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 by alert5

Age has caught up with eight of the U.S. Navy’s low-pressure chambers and the sailing branch has decommissioned all of them while waiting for the new normobaric hypoxia chambers to be built.

By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Joseph C. Garza. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Egypt to take delivery of first Mistral carrier today

Posted on June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 by alert5

France will hand-over Egypt’s first Mistral-class helicopter carrier today at Toulouse, Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi will join his French counterpart in the flag-raising ceremony.

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