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Serbia keen to buy Mi-17s

Posted on April 15, 2015 by alert5

Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucic said his government will buy the Mi-17 or Mi-171 helicopter from Russia.

Mi 8 of SAF
By Boksi (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force, Industry

U.S. Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A bases announced

Posted on April 15, 2015 by alert5

Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts; and Grissom ARB, Indiana are candidate bases for the first U.S. Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A location.

Boeing completes successful first flight in KC-46 program
Courtesy photo

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Posted in Air Force, KC-X

ONR demonstrates low-cost swarming UAVs

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 by alert5

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of its Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.


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Posted in Navy, Research, UAV

F-16IQs returning home in July-August time frame

Posted on April 15, 2015 by alert5

An anonymous Iraqi official told Reuters that the county is expecting its F-16IQs to return home sometime between July and August.

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Photo: Lockheed Martin

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U.S. Air Force grounds T-6 II fleet

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command grounded its T-6 II fleet last week over concerns with an engine oil line.

T-6A Texan II
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. David Richards [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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