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Russian planning to install new early warning radar in Azerbaijan

Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by alert5

TV Zvezda reported that Moscow intends to install a new early warning radar in Azerbaijan. The Voronezh-DM will replace the old radar at Gabala, which was decommissioned in 2012 after Baku declined to renew its lease.

Kremlin.ru [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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BAE Systems’ Sabreliner collided with C172 over Brown Field Municipal Airport, five killed

Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by alert5

A BAE Systems’ Sabreliner a training mission with the U.S. Navy has collided with a Cessna 172 over Brown Field Municipal Airport on Aug. 16. Five were killed in the accident.

By Alan Radecki Akradecki (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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MQ-4C Triton begins testing inside anechoic chamber

Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by alert5

The MQ-4C has started testing inside Patuxent River’s anechoic chamber on Aug. 12. It will remain inside the chamber for the next eight weeks.

Photo: U.S. Navy

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Farewell ceremony for Argentina’s Mirage fleet

Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by alert5

The Argentine Air Force had a formal farewell ceremony for its Mirage fighter fleet on Aug. 13. The service happens to be celebrating its 103th anniversary on that day as well.

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