Alert 5

Aviation News

This MiG killer is the first ANG F-16 to get the new single color paint scheme

Posted on by alert5

A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard with a new, darker single color paint scheme is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City, Iowa on December 17, 2019. The Iowa Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City finished painting the fighter aircraft recently and it is now ready to return to its home unit. The new paint eliminates the older two-tone gray as the standard paint scheme for F-16’s in the U.S. Air Force.
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

Continue reading “This MiG killer is the first ANG F-16 to get the new single color paint scheme”

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force to study joint development of a new light military transport aircraft

Posted on by alert5

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) have entered into an agreement to study the potential development of a new light military transport aircraft.

Lieutenant-Brigadier Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez, Brazilian Air Force Commander, and Jackson Schneider, President and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security, during the signing ceremony.

Photo: Embraer
Continue reading “Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force to study joint development of a new light military transport aircraft”