Alert 5

Boeing is out of the Canada fighter competition

Posted on November 26, 2021 by alert5

The Canadian government has inform Boeing that its Super Hornet does not meet the country’s requirements for the fighter competition to replace the F/A-18 legacy Hornet.

150608-N-EH855-654 WATERS NEAR GUAM (June 8, 2015) Capt. William Koyama, commander, carrier air wing (CVW) 5, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Dambusters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, after completing his 4000th flight hour. George Washington and its embarked air wing, CVW 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Mai/Released)

Continue reading “Boeing is out of the Canada fighter competition”

France has transferred two Mirage 2000 fighters to India

Posted on November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by alert5

Two former French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters have been transferred to India, news reports from India say.

Ejército del Aire Ministerio de Defensa España, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “France has transferred two Mirage 2000 fighters to India”

USMC simulates deployment of NMESIS in Japan during joint exercise with JSDF

Posted on November 25, 2021 by alert5

Japan is conducting a joint exercise with U.S. forces in the Kagoshima prefecture. A handout provided by the Japanese Joint Staff office shows one of the exercise itenary being an anti-ship missile deployment with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Continue reading “USMC simulates deployment of NMESIS in Japan during joint exercise with JSDF”

HMLA-269 trains in Colorado to prepare for upcoming winter exercise in Norway

Posted on November 25, 2021 by alert5

HMLA-269 has been invited to participate in exercise Cold Response in Norway and the unit is now training in Colorado in order to prepare the Marines to operate in cold and high-altitude climate.

An AH-1Z Viper helicopter and two UH-1Y Venom helicopters assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 fly over Lamar, Colorado, Nov. 12, 2021. Marines with HMLA-269 trained in a cold-weather, high-altitude environment to increase proficiency in expeditionary advanced basing operations (EABO). HMLA-269 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III)

Continue reading “HMLA-269 trains in Colorado to prepare for upcoming winter exercise in Norway”

Sidestick of F-16A that struck Osirak nuclear reactor put up for auction

Posted on November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 by alert5

A sidestick controller from F-16A #78-0322 is up for auction. The former Israeli Air Force fighter was one of the six that bomb the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq back in 1981.

Continue reading “Sidestick of F-16A that struck Osirak nuclear reactor put up for auction”