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B-1, F-16 fleet could be retired if A-10 is retained

Posted on March 20, 2014 by alert5

U.S. Air Force officials warned Congress that unless additional funding is approved or either the A-10 fleet is retired, the Air Force could be forced to retire the entire B-1 fleet or 350 F-16s instead to achieve savings.

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USAF found a way to save Taiwan’s F-16 upgrade program

Posted on March 20, 2014 by alert5

Taiwan can still upgrade its F-16A/B fleet despite the U.S. Air Force withdrawing funding for the Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES)
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DSLR was the cause of A330 Voyager’s sudden loss of altitude

Posted on March 20, 2014 by alert5

A RAF Voyager MRTT, tail number ZZ333, was cruising over Turkish airspace on Feb. 9 when the jet suddenly lost altitude and plunged 4,440ft. Investigations showed the captain’s digital SLR camera jammed next to the side-stick controller.

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Posted in Air Force

Croatia expecting to get back its MiG-21s from Ukraine

Posted on March 19, 2014 by alert5

Good new for the Croatian Air Force as it expects to seven MiG-21s that were sent to Ukraine for upgrading will return home soon.

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China looking at exporting its targeting pods

Posted on March 19, 2014 by alert5

China is growing confident that its WMD-7 and Type OC2 targeting pods are able to gain a foothold in the export market, Wendell Minnick reports.

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