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KC-46 successfully passed fuel to F-16

Posted on January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 by alert5

Another milestone for the Boeing KC-46 project as EMD-2 successfully carried out a mid-air refueling for the first time on Jan. 24.

Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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RoC Army Black Hawk makes emergency landing

Posted on January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 by alert5

A Republic of China Army Aviation Black Hawk helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Taichung city, Taiwan this afternoon at around 11 a.m. local time.

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Minuteman accident was not reported to Pentagon review team

Posted on January 25, 2016 by alert5

Back in 2014, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel commissioned a review of the entire U.S. nuclear force by a group of nuclear weapons experts. The review started in March and it was during that period when an accident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base resulted in $1.8 million in damage to a Minuteman missile. Air Force Global Strike Command now said the review team was not told of the accident.

By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons