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F-35A to appear at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

An F-35A from the U.S. Air Force’s 33rd Fighter Wing will become the first of its type to appear at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this year.

By MSgt John Nimmo Sr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Researchers generate virtual Su-27 targets into the cockpits of F/A-18s

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

Flying over China Lake, three U.S. Navy F/A-18s had eight Su-27s appeared in their radars and radar warning receivers on Nov. 25, 2014.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Antonov rolls out An-178

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

Antonov officially roll-out its first An-178 short-range medium-airlift military transport aircraft in Ukraine on Apr. 16.

German frigates in joint exercise with South African Gripens

Posted on April 17, 2015 by alert5

Two South African Air Force Gripens and a Learjet took part in a mock air raid against German Bremen-class frigate FSG Karlsruhe and Sachsen-class frigate FSG Sachsen on Apr. 14.

Photo: South African Navy

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Two Vietnamese Su-22s collide mid-air, pilots missing

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

Two Vietnamese Su-22 pilots are missing at sea after their fighters collided in mid-air on Apr. 16.

Photo: Tan Tu
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