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Germany to join Multinational MRTT Fleet

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

Netherlands, Norway and Poland selected the A330 MRTT under a program named Multinational MRTT Fleet (MFF) whereby they will jointly use the tankers. Now, Germany has indicated that it will join the MFF as well.

By U.S. Navy photo by Lt. David Robinson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Shinto priests, U.S. Air Force chaplain bless new fire engine at Yokota Air Base

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

The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan invited Shinto priests and a U.S. Air Force chaplain to bless a new fire engine on Nov. 25.

U.S. Air Force photo by Delano Scott Jr
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Tucson International Airport: Where Iraqis learn to fly the F-16

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

Popular Mechanics paid a visit to 162nd Wing at Tucson, Arizona to see how Iraqi fighters pilots adapted to an environment totally different from back home whilst they train to fly the F-16.

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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It was South African Rooivalks that attacked rebels in DRC

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

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Democratic Republic of the Congo had dispatched South African Rooivalk attack helicopters to carry out air strikes on rebel positions on Dec. 1.

By MONUSCO Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/monusco/16177665826/) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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