The 325th Fighter Wing resumed normal flight operations Nov. 19 following a F-22 crash on Tyndall Air Force Base Nov. 15.
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ITT Exelis successfully completes AIDEWS testing at Edwards Air Force Base
ITT Exelis has completed testing of its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite, or AIDEWS, at Edwards Air Force Base. The testing, part of the qualification process for the Pakistan F-16 upgrade program, was conducted to ensure AIDEWS will work with other systems integrated into the aircraft, and verify that the multiple systems will not interfere with one another.
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“Elephant Cage” at Misawa air base to be dismantled
The AN/FLR-9 antennae complex, known as the “Elephant Cage”, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, is slated to be decommissioned and dismantled in 2013.
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RAAF Wedgetail achieves operational capability standard
The Royal Australian Air Force declares that it’s 737 Wedgetail AEW&C has achieved Initial Operational Capability.
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Dutch Patriots could be sent to Turkey as well
Netherlands could send between 200 to 250 soldiers and Patriot missiles to Turkey as well.
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