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USAF’s first E-3 enlisted airborne sensor operator

Posted on February 25, 2020 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Propst, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron E-3 Sentry airborne sensor operator, poses for a photo, Feb. 11, 2020, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Ponce De Leon, Fla., native is the Air Force’s first E-3 Sentry AWACS enlisted airborne sensor operator and is enhancing the 961st AACS’s capabilities at Cope North 2020, an annual trilateral field exercise conducted in Guam, and around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Palau, and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

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Historical efforts to re-engine the B-52 by the USAF Materiel Command History Office

Posted on February 25, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force’s Materiel Command History Office published this article on Feb. 21 that explores previous efforts to re-engine the B-52 bomber. Hit the link below for the article.

Graphic: USAF
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Serbia takes delivery of Pantsir-S1

Posted on February 24, 2020 by alert5

Serbia has taken delivery of the first shipment of Pantsir-S1 mobile air defense missile system at Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlovic airbase on Feb. 22.

Photo: Serbian Ministry of Defense
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French A330 MRTT flew 3,500km to help refuel Rafale Ms

Posted on February 24, 2020 by alert5

A French Air Force A330 Phénix aerial refueling tanker took off from Istres on Feb. 15 to help refuel French Navy Rafale M fighters in the Mediterranean.

Photo: French Air Force
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Azerbaijan selects M-346

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 by alert5

Azerbaijan is the latest operator of the Leonardo M-346 advanced jet trainer. An agreement was signed by Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and Leonardo S.p.A Executive Director Alessandro Profumo on Feb. 20.

Photo: Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense

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