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Italian Eurofighter pilots will soon dogfight against the M-346. Defense News says the aircraft has been deployed to the Eurofighter Operational Conversion Unit of the 4th Wing to test out the concept of using the advanced jet trainer for air combat training.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (M346 – RIAT 2010Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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In order for the F-16 to employ the new GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, Raytheon has developed a software technology, called Interface Bridge, for the weapon to work with the 1760 interface.
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Photo: Raytheon
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said no man portable air defence system (MANPADS) from China are in the hands of militants in Iraq and Syria.
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Continue reading “China denies its MANPADs are being used by militants in Middle East”
Minemen from U.S. Navy Munitions Command Unit Charleston and airmen from the 5th Munitions Squadron out of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, built 18 inert MK-62 Quick Strike Mines, Jun. 10 for loading on to 2 B-52Hs participating in BALTOPS 15 exercise.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Malia Jenkins
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A 5th Bomb Wing B-52H from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota makes history during Exercise Saber Strike 15 as the first B-52 to ever fly over Latvia.
Posted by AFN Kaiserslautern on Wednesday, June 10, 2015