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Mover breaks down the Turkish F-16 vs Greek F-16 dogfight video

Posted on September 1, 2020 by alert5

Prototype fire control radar from Johns Hopkins APL

Posted on September 1, 2020 by alert5

A prototype fire control radar from John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory that was demonstrated at the Advanced Battle Management System Onramp 2.

AFSAC awards $36.1 million construction contract for Nigerian A-29 beddown

Posted on September 1, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate’s Foreign Military Sales Construction Division awarded a $36.1 million contract to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District to support the beddown of a A-29 Super Tucano wing at an air base in Nigeria.

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RIMPAC 2020 sinking exercise

Posted on September 1, 2020 by alert5

A USAF CV-22 is stranded 23 miles south of Fort Sumner

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 tiltrotor assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron has been stranded in a field about 23 miles south of Fort Sumner since Aug. 10.

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., flies over New Mexico to take Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cory Olson, AFSOC command chief, out to Melrose Air Force Range July 15, 2019. The 20th SOS showed CV-22 capabilities including low-level maneuvers and landing operations. While out at MAFR, they received a briefing from wing leadership about the full capabilities of the range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)

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