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Vietnam War POW gets Freedom Flight in T-38A

Posted on March 5, 2016March 4, 2016 by alert5

Paul Granger, a B-52 pilot who was shot down over Hanoi and taken captivity during Operation Linebacker II in 1972, was honored by the 560th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Mar. 3.

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U.S. transferred eight Black Hawks to Jordan

Posted on March 5, 2016March 4, 2016 by alert5

The United States on Mar. 3 transferred eight UH-60A helicopters to Jordan. U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Alice G. Wells was there to witness the transfer.

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The USAF’s newest weather satellite is no longer responding to commands

Posted on March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force is no longer able to command its newest weather satellite – Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 (DMSP F-19).

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Posted in Air Force, Space

Watch the MiG-31BM fires a R-73 air-to-air missile

Posted on March 4, 2016 by alert5

Posted in Air Force

India to test K-4 SLBM next week

Posted on March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 by alert5

India will test fire its K-4 intermediate-range submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) from a submerged platform in the Bay of Bengal sometime between Mar. 7-8.

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