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USS Eisenhower resumes flight operations after accident

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by alert5

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Carrier air Wing Six resumed fixed-wing flight operations on Mar. 20, two days after a cross deck pendant accident injured eight sailors.

160320-N-OR652-575 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2016) – An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123, performs pre-flight checks on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. Ike is underway conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado/Released) — 160320-N-OR652-575
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2016) – An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123, performs pre-flight checks on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. Ike is underway conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado/Released)

USAF to delay RFP release for T-X

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by alert5

U.S. Air Force has decided to delay the release of the request for proposals on the T-X advanced jet trainer program till late December.

Photo: KAI
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Did China tested YJ-62 anti-ship missile in South China Sea?

Posted on March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 by alert5

Imagery analysis of a test firing of YJ-62 subsonic anti-ship cruise missile suggests the testing took place on Woody Island in the Paracel Archipelago in South China Sea.

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Russia’s Western military district equipped with upgraded Su-27SM

Posted on March 21, 2016 by alert5

Russia’s Western military district has received upgraded Su-27SM fighters, the Ministry of Defense announced. The fighters were deployed to an airbase in Republic of Karelia.

By Fedor Leukhin (VVO_0396) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

49, 49, 64, and 96 – That’s the number of A-10s being retired starting from FY 2018

Posted on March 21, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has revealed the number of A-10 attack jets that will be retired each year before the type is completely withdrawn from service in 2022.

By: Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman, U.S. Air Force (www.defense.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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