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RQ-4B clocks 10,000 flying hours

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4B carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload has clocked 10,000 flying hours.

U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown
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Boeing optimistic on a Super Hornet sale to Middle East

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

A Boeing executive in charged of the Super Hornet and Growler program says his company is optimistic that a Middle East order for the carrier-borne fighter could come as early as the second quarter.

By U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Josh Hammond [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Australia upgrades F/A-18F’s RWR

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

Australia has managed to upgrade the radar warning receiver in the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18F Super Hornets.

“A44-203 Boeing F-A-18F Super Hornet RAAF (11677443834)” by Robert Frola – Flickr. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons.

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15 L-159s sold to Iraq

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

The Czech Republic has approved the sale of 15 L-159 subsonic attack jets to Iraq. Iraq will get 10 L-159As and 2 L-159T1s, three L-159As will be used for spares.