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Alpha Jet pilots with Discovery Air Defence clocks 3,000 hours on the type

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by alert5

Two Discovery Air Defence Services pilots who fly the Alpha Jet recently achieved more than 3,000 hours flying the advanced jet trainer.

By RAF-YYC from Calgary, Canada (Aplha Jet) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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China, Russia kick off computer-simulated BMD command post exercise

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by alert5

China and Russia have commence their first bilateral computer-simulated ballistic missile defense (BMD) command post exercise, dubbed Aerospace Security-2016.

Graphic: Russian MoD
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Should the Pentagon resurrect the F-22 production line?

Posted on May 27, 2016 by alert5

Welsh says restarting F-22 line and buying improved F-22 might be cheaper than getting 6th-gen. jet

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by alert5

Outgoing U.S. Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, has change tune on the subject of restarting the Lockheed Martin F-22 production line.

By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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NTSB blames USAF, USMC, Air USA for fatal T59 crash at MCAS Yuma

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by alert5

The National Transportation Safety Board has published its investigation into the crash of a BAE Systems Hawk Mk 67 (former RoKAF T59) at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Mar. 11, 2015. The aircraft hit a stationary vehicle and killed a Marine inside it.

Photo by Randy Hoeft/Yuma Sun
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