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Italian Navy’s first female strike fighter pilot

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

Italian navy Ensign Erika Raballo earned her Wings of Gold on Mar. 11 after completing undergraduate flight training with VT-9 on Mar. 11.

200602-N-N0436-1001 MERIDIAN, Miss. (June 2, 2020) Italian navy Ensign Erika Raballo, a student naval aviator, sits on a T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft after completing her a training flight with the “Tigers” of Training Squadron (VT) 9 at Naval Air Station Meridian, June 2, 2020. Raballo is the Italian navy’s first female strike fighter pilot. VT-9 conducts undergraduate intermediate and advanced strike pilot training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and select international military partners. (Courtesy photo/Released)

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Japanese and U.S. forces carried out their largest joint airdrop training exercise

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

More than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) paratroopers performed a static-line jump at the Combined Arms Training Center Drop Zone Camp Fuji, Japan on Mar. 9. This is the largest U.S-Japan personnel drop in the history of the two countries’ alliance.

Japan Ground Self Defense Force paratroopers line up to load onto a C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, during exercise Airborne 21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 9, 2021. More than 500 JGSDF paratroopers performed a static-line jump at the Combined Arms Training Center Drop Zone Camp Fuji, Japan, making it the largest U.S-Japan personnel drop in the history of the two countries’ alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)

Video on the development of HQ-17AE

Posted on March 12, 2021 by alert5

Ukraine nationalizing Motor Sich to prevent it from falling into China’s hands

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by alert5

Ukraine’s engine manufacturer, Motor Sich, will be nationalized to prevent it from being taken over by China.

Freeman88 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Air-to-air photos of F-15EX’s delivery flight to Eglin AFB

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by alert5

Lt. Col. Richard “Tac” Turner, Commander, 40th Flight Test Squadron, and Lt. Col. Jacob “Duke” Lindaman, Commander, 85th Test & Evaluation Squadron, deliver the first F-15EX to its new home station, Eglin AFB, Florida, 11 March, 2021. The 40th FLTS will take possition of EX1 and the 85th TES will own EX2 upon its arrival, coming soon. Squadron aircrews and testers will work together to complete the combined developmental and operational testing simultaneously. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven)

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