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Watch VMFA-314’s first F-35C to arrive home at MCAS Miramar

Posted on January 23, 2020 by alert5

Video by Lance Cpl. Jaime Reyes
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South Korea participates in Exercise Sea Dragon for first time

Posted on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by alert5

South Korea is participating in Exercise Sea Dragon for the first time, it dispatched a P-3C to Guam.

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NRO will launch a dedicated payload from New Zealand this month, a first outside USA

Posted on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by alert5

It has just been announced that NROL-151, a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) mission, will be launch into space from New Zealand using Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket.

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Official announcement on CMV-22B’s first flight

Posted on January 22, 2020 by alert5

Bell has announced that the CMV-22B has made its first flight. The latest tilt-rotor variant is believed to have flown in December 2019.

Photo: Bell
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Indonesia is latest operator of RAT 31 DL/M radar

Posted on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by alert5

Leonardo says it has signed a contract with Indonesian company PT Len Industri (Persero) to provide a RAT 31 DL/M radar system to the Indonesian Air Force.

Karel Šubrt [CC BY-SA]

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