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McCain wants UCLASS to have 4,000lb payload

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

U.S. Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Serves Committee, has written a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, asking him to build the UCLASS as a strike platform with 4,000lb payload.

By DoD photo by Capt. Jane E. Campbell, U.S. Navy. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Washington National Guard UH-60 Deck Landing Qualifications on CVN 74

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

UH-60s from Washington National Guard took part in a Deck Landing Qualifications (DLQ) on board USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), just off the coast of Port Angeles on Mar. 24.

Photo: PFC Brianne Patterson, JFHQ-WA,State Public Affairs Office
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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
Aldo Bidini – Gallery page http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6919856
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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