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Javelin LWCLU now able to fire the Stinger missile

Posted on March 14, 2021 by alert5

Raytheon has demonstrated to the U.S. Army that it can fire the Stinger missile from a Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit (LWCLU).

GARY L. KIEFFER, USA, CIV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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KC-46A pilots cannot take off until OBIGGS counts to zero

Posted on March 13, 2021 by alert5

A category 2 deficiency for the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker is prevent pilots from taking off in the tanker until the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) countdown timer reaches zero.

A rainbow over Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, as seen from the flight deck of a KC-46A Pegasus, just prior to its delivery flight to Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, Feb. 5, 2021.
The jet, which was the twelfth and final of Pease’s new fleet of aerial refuelers, was piloted by a crew from the base. (Courtesy photo/Col. Nelson Perron)

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French Navy frigate docks in Cam Ranh, Vietnam to repair Alouette III helicopter

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 by alert5

French Navy frigate Prairial arrived at Cam Ranh, Vietnam on Mar. 9 so that engineers can go on board the warship to fix its Alouette III helicopter.

Photo: French Embassy in Vietnam
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U.S. Air Force Radiation Assessment Team’s contributions during Operation Tomadachi

Posted on March 13, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command History Office has published a photographic essay from the archives of the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team personnel who were deployed to Japan during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

SENDAI AIRPORT, Japan — Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (Left) and Senior Master Sgt. Dean Kim (Right), both from the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, check soil by a Sodium Iodide detector at Sendai Airport, April 05, 2011. AFRAT conducts radiological analysis of air, water, soil and physiological technical expertise in detection, survey and monitoring. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Without F-35Bs, Turkey plans to equip TCG Anadolu with UCAVs

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 by alert5

President of Turkish Defence Industries, İsmail Demir, revealed that Baykar will be building a new unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) dubbed Bayraktar TB3 for the Turkish Navy’s TCG Anadolu amphibious assault ship.

2020 Istanbul, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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