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This is where Taiwan will upgrade its F-16s

Posted on May 7, 2016May 7, 2016 by alert5

AIDC will soon completed a massive hangar at the company’s facility in Taichung, Taiwan to handle the majority of the upgrade of RoCAF F-16s.

Taichung
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

HMS Illustrious to be sold for scrap

Posted on May 7, 2016 by alert5

HMS Illustrious will soon share the same fate as her two other sister ships in the Invincible-class of being scrapped.

HMS Illustrious 1
See page for author [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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IAF’s five commands have identified roads for use as runways

Posted on May 7, 2016 by alert5

The Indian Air Force has identified a undisclosed number of roads and highways that could be converted into runways during an emergency.

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Photos: Indian Ministry of Defense
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Posted in Air Force

U.S. might supply A-29s to Nigeria

Posted on May 7, 2016May 7, 2016 by alert5

Nigeria’s PM News says the U.S. government is prepared to sell as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria.

Super Tucano at Moody
By USA Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Rescue of Saudi F-15 crew was USAF’s first night water CSAR mission since Vietnam

Posted on May 7, 2016 by alert5

The Jolly Green Association gave its Rescue Mission of the Year award to Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 211th Rescue Squadrons for saving two Saudi F-15 aircrew members in the Gulf of Aden last year.


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