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American, Russian pilots reenacting secret World War 2 warplane ferry flights

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by alert5

Two Americans and two Russians are helping to recreate a secret World War 2 mission that delivered thousands of warplanes from the United States to the former Soviet Union.

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Ground testing of the GAU-22/A on the F-35A begins

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by alert5

AF-2 has been busy at the Gun Harmonizing Range at Edwards Air Force Base testing the GAU-22/A 25mm canon on the ground.

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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The Lockheed Martin Iron Dome-like interceptor that you probably never heard of

Posted on July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 by alert5

IHS Jane’s Missiles & Rockets takes a close look at Lockheed Martin’s miniature hit-to-kill (MHTK) kinetic interceptor for the U.S. Army’s Extended Area Protection and Survivability Integration Demonstration (EAPS ID) program

Photo: Lockheed Martin
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RAF will be left with just 127 fighters in 2019

Posted on July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 by alert5

An analysis by Jane’s found that the Royal Air Force will be left with just 127 front-line fighter aircraft once the Tornado and Tranche 1 Eurofighter jets are retired in 2019.

By UK Ministry of Defence [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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USAF buys two Thales Deployable ILS test units

Posted on July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Thales Defense & Security Inc. with a $18.4 million contract for two Deployable Instrument Landing System (ILS) Production Representative test units.

By Fred the Oyster [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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