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RNLAF F-16 ops at Leeuwarden Air Base to officially end on Jul. 1

Posted on June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 by alert5

A ceremony to make the official end of Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-16 operations at Leeuwarden Air Base will take place on Jul. 1.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Video: French Air Force Rafales over Tahiti

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by alert5

Three French Air Force Rafales, two A330 Phénix and two A400Ms have arrived in Tahiti, French Polynesia after a stopover in America for Exercice Heifara Wakea 2021.

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Johns Hopkins APL to flight test hypersonic experiment from Sweden

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by alert5

An experiment by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) flight experiment team will soon determine whether the boundary layer transition of a hypersonic vehicle is laminar or turbulent.