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French Air Force Rafales in Indonesia for demonstration flights

Posted on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by alert5

Two French Air Force Rafale fighters flew from the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition in Malaysia to Indonesia’s Halim Perdanakusuma airport on Mar. 23 for demonstration flights.

“Dassault Rafale C, France – Air Force JP6919856” by
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114th Fighter Wing pilots attain 3,000 flight hours on same sortie

Posted on March 25, 2015 by alert5

Col. Gregory Lair, 114th Operations Group commander and Lt. Col Eric Knutson, 114th Fighter Wing chief of safety, both clocked 3,000 career flight hours during a training sortie on Mar. 11.

National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Nancy Ausland

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No F-35 and DoD flight demos at Paris Airshow

Posted on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by alert5

Despite an increase in the U.S. presence at this year’s Paris Airshow, the Pentagon will not be sending the F-35 there to attend the show.

By Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Roll out ceremony for second B-29 to be restored to flying condition

Posted on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by alert5

After 15 years of effort, the second B-29 bomber to be restored to flying condition was rolled out again in Wichita on Mar. 23.

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Construction for USAF Space Fence Radar in the Marshall Islands begins

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alert5

Work for the new S-band Space Fence radar system has started on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean last month.

“Kwajalein Atoll 2003-02-07 – Landsat 7 – 30m” by NASA – NASA/USGS Landsat satellite image GeoTIFF archive, http://glovis.usgs.gov. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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