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USMC accelerating the installation of Link 16 on AV-8B

Posted on August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps wants to accelerate the program to install the Link 16 datalink on AV-8Bs equipped with AGP-65 radars.

BAE-McDonell-Douglas AV8B edit5
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Israel completed a massive helicopter exercise in Greece

Posted on August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by alert5

Helicopter air crews from the Israeli Air Force took to the mountain ranges in Greece from Jul. 19 to 30.

Israeli AH-64D
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Science panel recommends arming MQ-9, RQ-4 with air-to-air weapons

Posted on August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) has made several recommendations to ensure that the flying branch’s MQ-9 and RQ-4 can better survive in contested airspace.

Global Hawk 1
By U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Navy crew moves aboard carrier Gerald R. Ford

Posted on August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 by alert5

Blank owners of aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford moved aboard the ship and ate their first meal in the ship’s galley on Aug. 3.

Left to right, Captain Jim Meier, Susan Ford Bales, and Rolf Bartschi. Photo by Chris Oxley
Left to right, Captain Jim Meier, Susan Ford Bales, and Rolf Bartschi. Photo by Chris Oxley

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Last surviving pilot of Dambusters Raid dies in New Zealand

Posted on August 5, 2015 by alert5

Squadron Leader Les Munro, the last pilot from the Dambusters Raid, has passed away in New Zealand. He was 96 years-old.

HM King George VI visits No 617 Sqn RAF
By Royal Air Force official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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