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B-2 pilots are using the overseas mobile operations center for first time while deployed to Diego Garcia

Posted on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 by alert5

393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is using a overseas mobile operations center for the first time while the unit is deployed to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia.

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, takes off at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, in support a Bomber Task Force mission, August 26, 2020. BTF missions allow U.S. Strategic Command to provide persistent, long-term bomber presence to aid in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar)

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China’s Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution invites U.S. pilot to visit U-2 exhibit

Posted on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 by alert5

China’s Military Museum of The Chinese People’s Revolution has invited U.S. pilots to come visit and see the U-2 exhibit in its halls. The invitation was published following an incident on Aug. 25 when a U-2 entered a live-firing area in the Yellow Sea.

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Saab announces Lightweight Air-launched Decoy Missile for Gripen

Posted on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 by alert5

Saab annouced on Aug. 28 that it is developing a new decoy missile system, the Lightweight Air-launched Decoy Missile, as part of Gripen’s E/F Electronic Warfare capability.