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RCAF C-130 refuels Italian Tornado

Posted on October 29, 2015October 28, 2015 by alert5

A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 crew had the opportunity to aerial refuel a Italian Air Force Tornado fighter bomber over Trapani Air Base in Sicily during Exercise Trident Juncture 2015.

Posted in Air Force

Missing Spanish AS 332 crew might have been kidnapped

Posted on October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 by alert5

Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés has not ruled out the possibility that a missing AS 332 crew might have been kidnapped by pirates along the West African coast.

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Boeing will decide whether to protest LRS-B award within two weeks

Posted on October 28, 2015 by alert5

CEO Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Chris Chadwick, told his staff that the company will decide if there’s a need to protest the award of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contract to Northrop Grumman within two weeks.

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Libyan helicopter carrying military officers shot down

Posted on October 28, 2015 by alert5

A military helicopter from the Libya Dawn Coalition was shot down on Oct. 27. More than half of the 23 people on board were killed in the crash, the dead include senior officers of the Fajr Libya militia.

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Russia to develop patrol-variant of Il-114

Posted on October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 by alert5

Russia plans to resume production of the Il-114 airliner, the aircraft will be converted into patrol aircraft for the Russian Air Force and aviation border troops.

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