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CV-22 crew received Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Valor

Posted on October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 by alert5

A CV-22 crew from the 20th Special Operations Squadron received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Valor on Oct. 6.

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Plew
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Bulgaria, Poland inked MiG-29 repair contract

Posted on October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 by alert5

Bulgaria has officially taken up a MiG-29 maintenance contract offered by Poland. Bulgarian Minister of Defense Nikolay Nenchev inked the deal with Poland’s Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak in Warsaw on Oct. 22.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Sweden offers Gripen, Erieye, tactical data link as a package to Indonesia

Posted on October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 by alert5

Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia Johanna Brismar Skoog announced Sweden’s air power package to Indonesia on Oct. 22.

By Gnolam (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Spanish Air Force AS 332 crashed in Atlantic Ocean, crew rescued

Posted on October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 by alert5

A Spanish Air Force AS 332 search-and-rescue helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 23. All three crew members were rescued by a Moroccan patrol boat.

By Carlos Menendez San Juan (Super Puma) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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