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Maiden flight of NATO AGS

Posted on December 20, 2015December 20, 2015 by alert5

On Dec. 19, NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft successfully completed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base.

Northrop Grumman/Alyssa Cooper
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177th Fighter Wing’s F-16s getting AESA radars

Posted on December 20, 2015December 20, 2015 by alert5

F-16s assigned to the Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing will have their radars upgraded to an AESA version.

U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka
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Japan’s Supreme Court upheld decision to pay damages to FHI over AH-64D deal

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Japanese government to pay Fuji Heavy Industries damages after a promised contract for 62 AH-64Ds were downsized to just 10 airframes.

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India’s Phalcon fleet has poor availability rate

Posted on December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 by alert5

India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has given hints that the Phalcon AEW&C fleet suffers from poor availability rate and shortage of air crews.

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