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Rakuten Monkey Army Party flyover of five Mirage 2000-5s

Posted on August 22, 2020 by alert5

Exercise Baana 20

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 by alert5

Exercise Baana 20 will take place at the Hosio highway strip in Ranua, Lapland, Finland from Sept. 7 -11. Finnish Air Force pilots will practice landing and taking off from regional road no. 924.

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UAE sending 4 F-16s to Souda Air Base, Greece

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 by alert5

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is deploying four of its F-16 fighters to Souda Air Base on Crete, Greece.

Bill Thornton, f-stop5.6 Photography / CC BY-SA

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VMFA-211 given “Top Honors” for Red Flag 20-3

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 by alert5

VMFA-211 was given “Top Honors” for their superior performance in Exercise Red Flag 20-3, which took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 15.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.- An F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), refuels in flight with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 while conducting flight operations above Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 4. The ability to refuel in flight is critical for the supportability and the sustainability of the F-35B during missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Becky Calhoun/Released)

Cooper: India’s purchase of Su-35 or S-400 will create interoperability issues with U.S. hardware

Posted on August 22, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, R. Clarke Cooper, says he hope that India will stop buying weapons from Russia and switch to the United States as its main weapons supplier.

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