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FAI confirms Orion UAV’s world record

Posted on July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by alert5

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) has recognized the 80-hour, 2-minute and 52-second world record flight by a Aurora Flight Sciences Orion UAV in December 2014.

Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
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Flying display rehearsal of Kawasaki P1 at RIAT 2015

Posted on July 16, 2015 by alert5

Pakistan shoots down consumer drone, says it was from India

Posted on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 by alert5

A Chinese made consumer photography drone was shot down along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber, Azad Kasmir in Pakistan and the latter has blamed India for flying the drone inside its border.

Photo: Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations
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Deactivation of 440th Airlift Wing postponed for another year

Posted on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command has decided against inactivating the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Field this year. The unit had started transferring its people to other locations but legislation by Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Renee Ellmers forced the service to shelf the plan.

By U.S. Air Force photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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South African deploys Gripens, Hawks to Botswana for Exercise Blue Okavango

Posted on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 by alert5

A two-week Exercise Blue Okavango is being held in Botswana and the South African Air Force deployed two Gripens, two Hawks, two A109s, one Oryx and one C-130 there.

Zerbet at en.wikipedia [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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