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Airfield construction underway at Wake Island

Posted on October 17, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. military is carrying out major contructions for airfield facilities on Wake Island. Construction began in March 2020 and is slated for completion by spring 2021.

PACIFIC OCEAN – F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, the Wake Island Avengers, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly over Wake Island during a regularly scheduled deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and the 13th MEU, August 1, 2018. The Essex ARG/MEU team is a strong, flexible, responsive and consistent force deployed to the 7th fleet area of operations to support regional stability, reassure partners and allies ad maintain a presence ready to respond to any crisis from humanitarian assistance to contingency operations. The Essex ARG and 13th MEU is the first continental United States Navy/Marine Corps team to deploy with the F-35B Lightning. The Essex ARG and 13th MEU is the first continental United States Navy/Marine Corps team to deploy with the F-35B Lightning. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr.)

Afghan MD 530Fs getting ballistic-tolerant crashworthy fuel systems

Posted on October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 by alert5

MD Helicopters was awarded a $6.1 million contract to retrofit 18 legacy Afghan Air Force MD 530F helicopters with ballistic-tolerant crashworthy fuel systems (CWFS).

By Staff Sgt. Perry Aston (USAF) (dvidshub.net) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Video of JGSDF Camp Aonohara with Type-03 SAM deployment demonstration

Posted on October 17, 2020 by alert5

HUD footage from J-10 that crashed in Guilin last month

Posted on October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 by alert5

A J-10 fighter from the PLAAF crashed in Guilin on Sept. 4 and the HUD footage from the jet has been released on TV yesterday.

AN/APG-83 fully operational on ANG F-16s

Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has declared that the AN/APG-83 SABR active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is fully operational on Air National Guard F-16s.

U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka
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