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Carlisle says no to the EA-18G

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by alert5

Head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command Gen. Herbert Carlisle said he is not keen on getting the EA-18G to meet the service’s electronic warfare needs.

EA-18G Growler VX-9 from below 2008
By U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson, USN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

RMAF chief says MiG-29 will be upgraded

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by alert5

Speaking at a parade to mark the 57th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, its chief Gen. Roslan Saad said the MiG-29 fleet will not be retired at the end of the year and will be upgraded.

Malaysia - Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29N (9-12SD)
By M Radzi Desa [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

F-35A’s first military exercise will be “Green Flag West”

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force will deploy the F-35A to exercise Green Flag West later this week. The exercise is scheduled to run at Nellis Air Force base from May 29 to Jun. 12.

412th Test Wing - F-35 Lightning II
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force

Taranis UCAV to have third round of flight tests

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by alert5

The secretive Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is set to carry out the third and possibly last round of flight tests in Australia this year.

TaranisModel
By Mike Young (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Research, UAV

Australia will ignore Chinese ADIZ over South China Sea

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by alert5

Australia’s Defense Minister Kevin Andrews said his country will not recognize any Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) setup by China over the South China Sea.

Spratly with flags
By CIA. Cropped and Flags added by Estarapapax. (Central Intelligence Agency.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Defense

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