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Italy trying to get clearance for KC-767 to refuel the F-16

Posted on December 4, 2015December 3, 2015 by alert5

Col. Giorgio Seravalle, chief of air operations for the Italian air force, says three attempts have been made previously to try and certify the KC-767 aerial tanker to refuel the F-16.

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RoKAF aircraft practice operating from emergency road runway

Posted on December 3, 2015December 3, 2015 by alert5

More than 10 aircraft from the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) took part in an exercise to operate out of an emergency road runway in South Gyeongsang Province on Dec. 1.

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Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria

Posted on December 3, 2015 by alert5

The Royal Air Force sent four Tornado GR4s to Syria in Britain’s first air strike mission against ISIL targets there. The jets struck the Omar oilfield. They were supported by a Voyager tanker and a MQ-9.

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RAF fighters have completed their first air strikes in Syria

Posted on December 3, 2015December 3, 2015 by alert5

An anonymous government source told Reuters that RAF fighters, staged out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, have completed their first air strikes in Syria and returned to base.

Photo: Cpl Neil Bryden RAF/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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