Iron Fist Force is the 12th Fighter Division of the PLAAF.
Virtual Air Tattoo 2020
The Royal International Air Tattoo will be live-streaming the event on YouTube and Facebook this weekend for four hours each day from 1100 to 1500 hours.
Firebird successfully tested the TK-9 Earthwatch sensor
The Northrop Grumman Firebird has recently completed testing the Overwatch Imaging’s TK-9 Earthwatch sensor over a four-day period.
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Japan has decided to operate its F-35Bs on JS Izumo
Japan published its 2020 Defense White Paper today and in the section on the F-35B, the government has confirmed that the stealth fighter will operate from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyer.
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators traveled 700 miles to secure airfield for FARP
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command executed a 2-week exercise codenamed Commando Crucible from Jun. 18 to Jul. 3. The object of the exercise is for Special Tactics teams to secure an airfield located in a simulate host nation and set up a Forward Air Refueling Point.
