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HAL explores having joint venture to make ejection seats

Posted on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 by alert5

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) may enter a joint venture with a foreign ejection seat manufacturer to make the escape devices in India.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Kenney

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U.S. government clears sale of 24 C-130Js to Australia

Posted on November 3, 2022 by alert5

The Biden administration has given approval for Australia to buy 24 C-130J-30 aircraft and related equipment on Nov. 2.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules sits on the flight line at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Nov. 1, 2018. Members of the RAAF used the C-130J Super Hercules to operate joint-precision aero-delivery systems, which are a fairly new capability for the RAAF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alaysia Berry)

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Taiwan is launch customer for new F-16 flight crew equipment

Posted on November 2, 2022 by alert5

Lockheed Martin has selected Survitec to provide the new F-16 Aircrew Flight Equipment for Block 70/72 variants.

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MH-139A’s first rappelling ops

Posted on November 2, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force carried out its first test of the rappelling system on the new MH-139A helicopter on Oct. 6.

A special operations Airman rappels from a MH-139A Grey Wolf Oct. 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This was the first test of the fast rope system and rappelling on the new aircraft since the Air Force took ownership Aug. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Blake Wiles)

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F-22s rotating into Kadena air base, Japan as F-15Cs begin withdrawal

Posted on November 2, 2022 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force will send approximately 12 F-22s to Kadena air base, Japan to replace the F-15Cs being stationed there, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada announced.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, sits on the flightline, July 8, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Eight F-22s evacuated from Kadena Air Base, Japan due to Typhoon Maria. The F-22 is being deployed under U.S. PACOM’s theater security package (TSP) program, which has been in operation since 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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