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Former USMC general named as first ever deputy assistant secretary of U.S. Navy for unmanned systems

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

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has named retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley as the first deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for unmanned systems.

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107th FS A-10s return home from deployment

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

Ten A-10s with 107th Fighter Squadron return home to Selfridge Air National Guard Base on Oct. 22 after a six-month deployment overseas.

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U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa
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Posted in Air Force

Il-78M-90A to make first flight in 2016

Posted on October 28, 2015 by alert5

The modernized Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker will be making its first flight in 2016, the general director of JSC “Aviastar-SP” said.

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By Aleksander Markin (Super flight) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force

Obama could send as many as 8 AH-64s back to Iraq

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

The Pentagon has recommended to the White House that up to eight AH-64 attack helicopters are to be sent to Iraq as part of a package of new assistance programs to counter ISIL.

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By SSGT SUZANNE M. JENKINS, USAF (Defense Imagery) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Army

After a eight-month pause, KC-390 resumes flying

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

The KC-390 has resumed its flight test program after a hiatus of eight months due to a fifty percent devaluation of the Brazilian currency.

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