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USAF wants to convert C-37B into electronic attack platform

Posted on May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has requested $165.7 million in the FY 2017 defense budget to convert the C-37B – military designation for the G550 – into an electronic attack platform that will eventually replace the EC-130H.

By Jonathan Fowler, U.S. Air Force (http://www.yokota.af.mil; exact source) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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China scrambled 2 J-11s and 1 Y-8 AEW during DDG 110’s FON in Spratly Islands

Posted on May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 by alert5

China said it scrambled two J-11 fighters and a Y-8 airborne early warning aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) when USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) conducted a “freedom-of-navigation” operation near Fiery Cross Reef on May 10.

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Pilots blamed for ground collision at Red Flag 15-4

Posted on May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 by alert5

Investigators say the ground collision of two F-16Cs from 457th Fighter Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base on Aug. 15, 2015 was due to errors made by the pilots.

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