Alert 5

A Russian Mi-24 gunship crashed landed at Dvoevka airfield in the Smolensk region on Sept. 16. There were no injuries during the accident which happened at 08:30 p.m. Moscow time.

By Igor Dvurekov (http://russianplanes.net/id58894) [GFDL 1.2, GFDL 1.2 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) 5 Squadron will send a P-3K2 to South Korea and Japan for a series of training exercises.

By New Zealand Defence Force from Wellington, New Zealand (20120326_AK_Q1032139_0001) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Asahi Shimbun reported that Japan has decided to buy the KC-46A as its next aerial refueling tanker. A tender for the new tanker closed on Sept. 8 and Boeing was the sole bidder after Airbus withdrew from the competition.

Photo: Boeing
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Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, has called for the permanent deployment of F-22s in Europe.

U.S. Air Force photo by Aiman 1st Class Luke Kitterman
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The Dutch government might have to spend an extra 500 million euros to procure its F-35 fleet due to the strengthening U.S. dollar.

By Liz Kaszynski, Lockheed Martin (bron: Ministerie van Defensie.) [CC0 or Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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