RCAF officially withdraws CF-18 from Operation IMPACT

Canada has officially withdraw its CF-18 fighters from the Air Task Force-Iraq mission on Mar. 5. Commander Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt. Gen. Michael Hood, presided over the parade in Kuwait.

An aircraft technician from Air Task Force – Iraq inspects the nose landing gear of a CF-188 Hornet aircraft at the Camp Patrice Vincent flight line, in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT on December 11, 2015. Photo: OP IMPACT, DND KW02-2015-0397-004
An aircraft technician from Air Task Force – Iraq inspects the nose landing gear of a CF-188 Hornet aircraft at the Camp Patrice Vincent flight line, in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT on December 11, 2015.
Photo: OP IMPACT, DND
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Fire onboard INS Viraat kills sailor, one day after Sea Harriers took off for the last time

It was a tragic end to the last tour of Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat after a fire broke out in the boiler room on Mar. 6 and a sailor later died from complications brought on by smoke inhalation.

US Navy 050925-N-0413R-043 The Indian aircraft carrier CVH Viraat (R 22) underway in the Indian Ocean as part of exercise Malabar 2005
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Shannon E. Renfroe [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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2016 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course

The 2016 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course has taken place at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from Mar. 3-5. The objective behind the course is to allow civilian pilots in their warbirds to practice flying in formation together current U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft.

Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course 1
Photos: U.S. Air Force
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