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Engine pieces found on runway after F-35 fire

Posted on June 28, 2014 by alert5

Reuters reported that engine pieces were found on the runway at Eglin Air Force Base after a F-35A caught fire while getting ready to take-off.

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Posted in Air Force

USMC wants to upgrade its RQ-21 with heavy fuel engine

Posted on June 28, 2014 by alert5

The US Marine Corps wants to equip its RQ-21 with a heavy fuel engine and to fund that upgrade program, it has requested that the U.S. Congress allow it to shift $18.75 million from its RQ-7B program.

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Posted in Marines, UAV

PLAN recruiting high school grads to be carrier pilots

Posted on June 28, 2014 by alert5

For the first time, the People’s Liberation Army Navy is recruiting high school graduates to become aircraft carrier pilots.

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Posted in Navy

Four F-35Bs arrived at Pax River ahead of transatlantic flight

Posted on June 28, 2014 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps has resumed flights of its F-35Bs with four arriving in NAS Patuxent River from NAS Yuma.
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Posted in Air Force, Marines, Navy

BAE Systems starts upgrade of South Korean F-16s

Posted on June 27, 2014June 27, 2014 by alert5

BAE Systems has begun to upgrade the first two of 134 RoKAF F-16s. Modification work is being carried out at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Posted in Air Force, Industry

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