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A-10s from 357th FS practice operating from dirt runway

Posted on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by alert5

Four A-10Cs from the 357th Fighter Squadron flew to the National Training Center range at Fort Irwin, California to practice operating out of a dirt runway on Sept. 22.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Betty R. Chevalier
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Poland to launch tender for Vympel R-27 missiles

Posted on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by alert5

Poland’s Armament Inspectorate is to launch a tender to procure 40 Vympel R-27 (NATO: AA-10) semi-active radar-guided missiles.

By Fedor Leukhin (AT1A7641) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Selex ES delivered three RAT 31 DL radars to Poland

Posted on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by alert5

Selex ES officially handed over three RAT 31 DL Fixed Air Defence Radar (FADR) systems to Poland on Oct. 7.

Photo: Selex ES
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Jane’s: Patriots deployed in Yemen

Posted on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by alert5

Jane’s analysis of satellite photos suggest that the Arab coalition fighting in Yemen has deployed two Patriot batteries to the Safir airstrip in Yemen’s Marib province.

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Air-to-air video of Russian Su-34 on a bombing mission over Syria

Posted on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by alert5

This footage, posted by the Russian Ministry of Defense, shows a Su-34 carrying out a bombing mission over Raqqa, Syria.