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ROKAF CHIEF LOST HIS JOB AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Seong-yong has resigned on Jun. 4 over the handling of a sexual assault case that led to the death of a female master sergeant. The victim died of apparent suicide in late May. She suffered SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURES FINAL MOMENT OF DRAKEN F1 CRASH The crash of a Mirage F1M owned by Draken International on May 24 at Nellis Air Force Base was captured by a security camera. The video obtained by 8 News NOW Las Vegas shows the jet descending at an angle, playback of the video was slowed RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
MALAYSIA TO PROCURE FLIT/ LCA WITHIN NEXT 3 YEARS Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief Gen. Tan Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad has disclosed that the service acquire the Fighter Lead-In Trainer/ Light Combat Aircarft (FLIT/ LCA) aircraft within the next three years. Photo:KAI The Ministry of Defense will request for the budget to buy 18 aircraft in the 2021 budget and another 18 aircraft UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama USN SETUP PMA-230 TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER TO The U.S. Navy has setup PMA-230 in May as the Next Generation Air Dominance program office. This program aims to develop a new manned fighter that will replace the Super Hornet and Growler in the next decade. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill USNI News says the program office has WATCH PRESIDENT REAGAN PRESENT THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO The official YouTube channel for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum recently uploaded the video of President Reagan at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy Graduation on May 30, 1984. It was at that graduation ceremony that William John "Bill" Crawford - then working as a janitor at the academy - was presented ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
ROKAF CHIEF LOST HIS JOB AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Seong-yong has resigned on Jun. 4 over the handling of a sexual assault case that led to the death of a female master sergeant. The victim died of apparent suicide in late May. She suffered SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURES FINAL MOMENT OF DRAKEN F1 CRASH The crash of a Mirage F1M owned by Draken International on May 24 at Nellis Air Force Base was captured by a security camera. The video obtained by 8 News NOW Las Vegas shows the jet descending at an angle, playback of the video was slowed RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
MALAYSIA TO PROCURE FLIT/ LCA WITHIN NEXT 3 YEARS Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief Gen. Tan Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad has disclosed that the service acquire the Fighter Lead-In Trainer/ Light Combat Aircarft (FLIT/ LCA) aircraft within the next three years. Photo:KAI The Ministry of Defense will request for the budget to buy 18 aircraft in the 2021 budget and another 18 aircraft UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama USN SETUP PMA-230 TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER TO The U.S. Navy has setup PMA-230 in May as the Next Generation Air Dominance program office. This program aims to develop a new manned fighter that will replace the Super Hornet and Growler in the next decade. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill USNI News says the program office has WATCH PRESIDENT REAGAN PRESENT THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO The official YouTube channel for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum recently uploaded the video of President Reagan at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy Graduation on May 30, 1984. It was at that graduation ceremony that William John "Bill" Crawford - then working as a janitor at the academy - was presented ROKAF CHIEF LOST HIS JOB AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Seong-yong has resigned on Jun. 4 over the handling of a sexual assault case that led to the death of a female master sergeant. The victim died of apparent suicide in late May. She suffered PRODUCTION OF THE LAST W80-1 ALT 369 NUCLEAR WARHEAD The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas has completed the production of the last W80-1 Alteration (Alt) 369 nuclear warhead. Photo: Sandia National Laboratory The warhead is mounted within the AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) and is the only one of its type to be carried on a cruise missile
THE FIRST 12 JASDF PERSONNEL TO TRAIN ON OPERATING THE KC 2 hours ago · A group of 12 Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) aircrew students have started their training to operate the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Lead by Lt. Col. Tetsuji Kamiguchi, 405th Air Refueling Squadron commander, the team consists of six pilots and six boom operators. The three-months conversion course is made NEXT GREMLINS TEST FLIGHT TO OCCUR BETWEEN OCTOBER TO 2 hours ago · The deputy head of Air Mobility Command has revealed that the next Gremlins test flight is set to take place between October to November. Steve Fendley, president of Kratos Unmanned Systems Division, told Military.com that the Pentagon has added a new requirement for the Gremlins to be able to rearm in flight and redeploy out
RMAF INTERCEPT 16 PLAAF AIRCRAFT OFF EAST MALAYSIA The Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) has issued a press statement today saying that 16 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft were intercepted off the coast of East Malaysia on May 31. Photos: RMAF The huge formation was detected by Air Defense Center (CRC 2) in Sarawak at 1153hrs local time. We were informed ROKAF KF-16 ACCIDENT AT SEOSAN AIR BASE A Republic of Korea Air Force pilot was forced to eject from his KF-16 fighter during his takeoff run on Jun. 8. The aircraft was damaged and all South Korean F-16s are now grounded. For more information, hit the Source below Source
WATCH MQ-25 REFUEL ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME The Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset has carried out its first aerial refueling of another aircraft for the first time on Jun. 4. Boeing says the MQ-25 and the Super Hornet that participated in the test were both flying at operationally relevant speeds and #TEXANIITHURSDAY
A six-ship dissimilar formation consisting of two T-1A Jayhawks, two T-38 Talons, and two T-6A Texan II aircrafts from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, practice advanced maneuvering May, 2, 2021. USS OMAHA’S SAAB SEA GIRAFFE RADAR DETECTED UAPS UFO filmmaker Jeremy Corbell has released a new video allegedly showing the radar screen on board USS Omaha detecting Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) surrounding the warship on Jul. 15, 2019. The Pentagon later confirmed that the video was legitimate. The video showed that up to 14 UAPs had surrounded the ship at one point. The KOREA TIMES: UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO REACH SOUTH KOREA A news report from Kang Seung-woo of Korea Times says the Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group is likely to reach South Korea in August. The naval task force will make a port call in Busan before proceeding to Japan. This will also be the first time in four years that the F-35B will visit South
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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CLEARS SALE OF 29 AH-64ES TO The Biden administration has given its approval to sell 29 AH-64E attack helicopters to Australia that is expected to cost $3.5 billion. A group of AH-64E version 6 Apache helicopters depart the Boeing manufacturing facilities at Mesa, Ariz. 13 January bound USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
CROATIA TO BUY SECOND-HAND RAFALES Croatian daily Jutarnji says the country has decided to select the Rafale F3R as the winner of the fighter competition. By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale - RIAT 2009) , via Wikimedia Commons These are second-hand jets that France has offered to Croatia. A total of 12 jets are to be sold. The oldest UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama TAIWAN HAS DEPLOYED ANTI-STEALTH PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM IN A news report on Taiwan's state-run Youth Daily News has accidentally leaked photos of a anti-stealth passive radar system that was transported to Penghu island. The original article has since been taken down. Photos: Youth Daily News This system has never been seen in public until now. The receiver is stationary and is larger than ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & ROKAF CHIEF LOST HIS JOB AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Seong-yong has resigned on Jun. 4 over the handling of a sexual assault case that led to the death of a female master sergeant. The victim died of apparent suicide in late May. She suffered SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURES FINAL MOMENT OF DRAKEN F1 CRASH The crash of a Mirage F1M owned by Draken International on May 24 at Nellis Air Force Base was captured by a security camera. The video obtained by 8 News NOW Las Vegas shows the jet descending at an angle, playback of the video was slowed RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CLEARS SALE OF 29 AH-64ES TO The Biden administration has given its approval to sell 29 AH-64E attack helicopters to Australia that is expected to cost $3.5 billion. A group of AH-64E version 6 Apache helicopters depart the Boeing manufacturing facilities at Mesa, Ariz. 13 January bound USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
CROATIA TO BUY SECOND-HAND RAFALES Croatian daily Jutarnji says the country has decided to select the Rafale F3R as the winner of the fighter competition. By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale - RIAT 2009) , via Wikimedia Commons These are second-hand jets that France has offered to Croatia. A total of 12 jets are to be sold. The oldest UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama TAIWAN HAS DEPLOYED ANTI-STEALTH PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM IN A news report on Taiwan's state-run Youth Daily News has accidentally leaked photos of a anti-stealth passive radar system that was transported to Penghu island. The original article has since been taken down. Photos: Youth Daily News This system has never been seen in public until now. The receiver is stationary and is larger than ACE 21 TO KICK OFF FROM JUN. 7-18, NORWEGIAN F-35S TO The Finnish Air Force has announced that Arctic Challenge Exercise 21 will take place from Jun. 7-18. The exercise is scaled down this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous iterations of the exercise had more than 100 aircraft participating. Organized by the air forces of Finland, Sweden and Norway, there will be two waves DUTCH CHINOOK PILOT AND CONTRACTOR CLOCK 5,000 AND 4,000 9 hours ago · Two aviators from the Royal Netherlands Air Force's 302nd Squadron achieved a combined 9,000 flight hours on the same flight out of Fort Hood on Jun. 2. Brandy Cruz, Fort Hood Public Affairs Maj. Jaap Lokker clocked 5,000 hours on the rotorcraft while retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Ryan, a contractor with the squadron,
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10 hours ago · Raytheon has secured a $3.12 billion contract to supply APG-82 radars for F-15 under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award on Jun. 9. RMAF INTERCEPT 16 PLAAF AIRCRAFT OFF EAST MALAYSIA The Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) has issued a press statement today saying that 16 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft were intercepted off the coast of East Malaysia on May 31. Photos: RMAF The huge formation was detected by Air Defense Center (CRC 2) in Sarawak at 1153hrs local time. We were informed HANKYOREH VISITS KF-21 PRODUCTION LINE 9 hours ago · A reporter from South Korean daily newspaper Hankyoreh was given the rare opportunity to visit the KF-21 production line by KAI. KF-21A, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kim Jae-seob was able to observe twenty engineers working to load missiles on a second prototype to ensure that the weapons can be loaded properly. He also U.S. AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS JTACS TRAIN 9 hours ago · U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps joint terminal attack controllers participated in a joint training exercise with Italian Air Force Eurofighters at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait on May 26. For more information, hit the Source below Source RAYTHEON SECURES $3.12 BILLION CONTRACT TO SUPPLY APG-82 10 hours ago · Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Boeing started installing APG-82 AESAs on Seymour Johnson’s F-15Es; Raytheon Delivers First F-15E AESA Radar System to Boeing #TEXANIITHURSDAY
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A news report from Kang Seung-woo of Korea Times says the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group is likely to reach South Korea in August. ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 23, 2019) Royal navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 23. KOREA TIMES: UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO REACH SOUTH KOREA A news report from Kang Seung-woo of Korea Times says the Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group is likely to reach South Korea in August. The naval task force will make a port call in Busan before proceeding to Japan. This will also be the first time in four years that the F-35B will visit South
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USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
USN SETUP PMA-230 TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER TO The U.S. Navy has setup PMA-230 in May as the Next Generation Air Dominance program office. This program aims to develop a new manned fighter that will replace the Super Hornet and Growler in the next decade. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill USNI News says the program office has CROATIA TO BUY SECOND-HAND RAFALES Croatian daily Jutarnji says the country has decided to select the Rafale F3R as the winner of the fighter competition. By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale - RIAT 2009) , via Wikimedia Commons These are second-hand jets that France has offered to Croatia. A total of 12 jets are to be sold. The oldest HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH COULD VISIT SEMBAWANG, SINGAPORE ON An infographic from Navy Lookout suggests that the U.K. Carrier Strike Group will make a visit to Sembawang, Singapore during its first deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Naval History & Heritage Command, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Navy has a British Defence Singapore Support Unit (BDSSU) there in Sembawang. The place used to be
TAIWAN HAS DEPLOYED ANTI-STEALTH PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM IN A news report on Taiwan's state-run Youth Daily News has accidentally leaked photos of a anti-stealth passive radar system that was transported to Penghu island. The original article has since been taken down. Photos: Youth Daily News This system has never been seen in public until now. The receiver is stationary and is larger than ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & DUTCH CHINOOK PILOT AND CONTRACTOR CLOCK 5,000 AND 4,000 Two aviators from the Royal Netherlands Air Force's 302nd Squadron achieved a combined 9,000 flight hours on the same flight out of Fort Hood on Jun. 2. Brandy Cruz, Fort Hood Public Affairs Maj. Jaap Lokker clocked 5,000 hours on the rotorcraft while retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Ryan, a contractor with the squadron, HANKYOREH VISITS KF-21 PRODUCTION LINE 29 minutes ago · A reporter from South Korean daily newspaper Hankyoreh was given the rare opportunity to visit the KF-21 production line by KAI. KF-21A, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kim Jae-seob was able to observe twenty engineers working to load missiles on a second prototype to ensure that the weapons can be loaded properly. He also
U.S. AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS JTACS TRAIN 29 minutes ago · U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps joint terminal attack controllers participated in a joint training exercise with Italian Air Force Eurofighters at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait on May 26. For more information, hit the Source below Source JUNE 11, 2021
Raytheon has secured a $3.12 billion contract to supply APG-82 radars for F-15 under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award on Jun. 9.
ROKAF CHIEF LOST HIS JOB AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Seong-yong has resigned on Jun. 4 over the handling of a sexual assault case that led to the death of a female master sergeant. The victim died of apparent suicide in late May. She suffered SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURES FINAL MOMENT OF DRAKEN F1 CRASH The crash of a Mirage F1M owned by Draken International on May 24 at Nellis Air Force Base was captured by a security camera. The video obtained by 8 News NOW Las Vegas shows the jet descending at an angle, playback of the video was slowed RAPID DRAGON DEMONSTRATES BLOS KILL CHAIN OF PALLETIZED The U.S. Air Force has successfully demonstrated beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) Command and Control of the Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System during exercise Northern Edge 21. Photo: AFRL In the demonstration, the location of an emerging target was transmitted to the All Domain Operations Center-Experiment (ADOC-E). The targeting data from the Standoff Munitions Applications WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CLEARS SALE OF 29 AH-64ES TO The Biden administration has given its approval to sell 29 AH-64E attack helicopters to Australia that is expected to cost $3.5 billion. A group of AH-64E version 6 Apache helicopters depart the Boeing manufacturing facilities at Mesa, Ariz. 13 January bound THIS TEAM DEFENDS THE B-52 FROM CYBER THREATS 20 hours ago · A Mission Defense Team from the U.S. Air Force 2nd Communications Squadron is deployed out of Moron Air Base, Spain to defend the B-52 bomber from cyber threats. For more information, hit the Source below Source JUNE 10, 2021
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JAPAN TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MISSILE BASED ON TYPE 12 Japan will allocate funds in 2022 to start the development of a new long-range standoff missile based on the Type 12 missile. The missile can be fired from surface ships and aircraft. 防衛省, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tokyo first indicated that it will acquire a standoff attack capability in 2018. $306 million were PERSONNEL FROM TAIWAN’S JOINT AIR OPERATIONS CENTER 23 hours ago · Personnel working inside Taiwan's Joint Air Operations Center have been infected with COVID-19. New reports say three teams consisting of six people have been diagnose with the coronavirus. For more information, hit the Source below Source RAFALE IS LEADING CONTENDER IN SWISS COMPETITION 1 day ago · Swiss newspaper Le Matin says the Dassault Rafale fighter is leading the competition to become the next fighter for Switzerland. The news report says a decision could now be announced on Jun. 23. Le Matin says there are signs that the Swiss government has decided on the Rafale. For example, the head of the Federal JUNE 7, 2021
A news report from Kang Seung-woo of Korea Times says the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group is likely to reach South Korea in August. ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 23, 2019) Royal navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 23. USMC WISHES TO BUY 48 TOMAHAWK BLK VA ANTI-SHIP CRUISE The U.S. Marine Corps has requested to buy 48 Tomahawk Blk Va anti-ship cruise missiles in its 2022 Unfunded Priorities List to Congress. The amount requested for the purchase is $96 million, according to the documents reviewed by USNI News. Last year, the service told lawmakers that it intends to integrate the Tomahawk on the
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1 day ago · A six-ship dissimilar formation consisting of two T-1A Jayhawks, two T-38 Talons, and two T-6A Texan II aircrafts from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, practice advanced maneuvering May, 2, 2021.
SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURES FINAL MOMENT OF DRAKEN F1 CRASH The crash of a Mirage F1M owned by Draken International on May 24 at Nellis Air Force Base was captured by a security camera. The video obtained by 8 News NOW Las Vegas shows the jet descending at an angle, playback of the video was slowed KOREA TIMES: UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO REACH SOUTH KOREA A news report from Kang Seung-woo of Korea Times says the Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group is likely to reach South Korea in August. The naval task force will make a port call in Busan before proceeding to Japan. This will also be the first time in four years that the F-35B will visit South
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9 minutes ago · A six-ship dissimilar formation consisting of two T-1A Jayhawks, two T-38 Talons, and two T-6A Texan II aircrafts from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, practice advanced maneuvering May, WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks MALAYSIA TO PROCURE FLIT/ LCA WITHIN NEXT 3 YEARS Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief Gen. Tan Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad has disclosed that the service acquire the Fighter Lead-In Trainer/ Light Combat Aircarft (FLIT/ LCA) aircraft within the next three years. Photo:KAI The Ministry of Defense will request for the budget to buy 18 aircraft in the 2021 budget and another 18 aircraft ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & JUNE 10, 2021
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RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks MALAYSIA TO PROCURE FLIT/ LCA WITHIN NEXT 3 YEARS Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief Gen. Tan Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad has disclosed that the service acquire the Fighter Lead-In Trainer/ Light Combat Aircarft (FLIT/ LCA) aircraft within the next three years. Photo:KAI The Ministry of Defense will request for the budget to buy 18 aircraft in the 2021 budget and another 18 aircraft USN SETUP PMA-230 TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER TO The U.S. Navy has setup PMA-230 in May as the Next Generation Air Dominance program office. This program aims to develop a new manned fighter that will replace the Super Hornet and Growler in the next decade. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill USNI News says the program office has AFRL RELEASES NEW VIDEO EXPLAINING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE 20 hours ago · The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has created a new video animation that realistically depicts THOR (Tactical High-power Operational Responder) destroying swarms of enemy drones in a base defense scenario. For more information, hit the Source below Source
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20 hours ago · The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has created a new video animation that realistically depicts THOR (Tactical High-power Operational Responder) destroying swarms of enemy drones in a base defense scenario. THE LAST SERVING USAF POW HAS RETIRED 19 hours ago · Lt. Col. Rob Sweet, the last serving U.S. Air Force prisoner of war (POW), had his retirement ceremony on Jun. 6. Sweet was shot down on his 30th mission during Operation Desert Storm and was held captive for 19 days. He retired as the deputy commander of the 476th Fighter Group at Moody Air Force ROBERT BARTINI: THE WORLD’S MOST MYSTERIOUS AIRCRAFT CNN examines the life and contributions of Italian-born Soviet aircraft designer, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. Alex Beltyukov - RuSpotters Team, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons While Bartini's most famous aircraft design had to be the VVA-14 ekranoplan, aircraft that he had design earlier such as the Stal-6 and Stal-7 were the best aeroplanes
WATCH MQ-25 REFUEL ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME The Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset has carried out its first aerial refueling of another aircraft for the first time on Jun. 4. Boeing says the MQ-25 and the Super Hornet that participated in the test were both flying at operationally relevant speeds and ROKAF KF-16 ACCIDENT AT SEOSAN AIR BASE 19 hours ago · A Republic of Korea Air Force pilot was forced to eject from his KF-16 fighter during his takeoff run on Jun. 8. The aircraft was damaged and all South Korean F-16s are now grounded. For more information, hit the Source below Source RAFALE IS LEADING CONTENDER IN SWISS COMPETITION 18 hours ago · Swiss newspaper Le Matin says the Dassault Rafale fighter is leading the competition to become the next fighter for Switzerland. The news report says a decision could now be announced on Jun. 23. Le Matin says there are signs that the Swiss government has decided on the Rafale. For example, the head of the Federal LIG NEX1 TO SHOWCASE KOREAN-MADE GOALKEEPER AT MADEX 2021 19 hours ago · At MADEX 2021 in Busan, South Korean defense firm LIG Nex1 intends to showcase the Korean-made Goalkeeper that it intends to offer to the South Korean navy for its CIWS-II program. South Korea wants a new generation CIWS that has the same barrel and ammunition carriage system as the Goalkeeper. The CIWS-II will be integrated KOREA TIMES: UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO REACH SOUTH KOREA A news report from Kang Seung-woo of Korea Times says the Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group is likely to reach South Korea in August. The naval task force will make a port call in Busan before proceeding to Japan. This will also be the first time in four years that the F-35B will visit South
ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
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The U.S. Navy has setup PMA-230 in May as the Next Generation Air Dominance program office. This program aims to develop a new manned fighter that will replace the Super Hornet and Growler in the next decade. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill USNI News says the program office has HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH COULD VISIT SEMBAWANG, SINGAPORE ON An infographic from Navy Lookout suggests that the U.K. Carrier Strike Group will make a visit to Sembawang, Singapore during its first deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Naval History & Heritage Command, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Navy has a British Defence Singapore Support Unit (BDSSU) there in Sembawang. The place used to be
ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
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The U.S. Navy has setup PMA-230 in May as the Next Generation Air Dominance program office. This program aims to develop a new manned fighter that will replace the Super Hornet and Growler in the next decade. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill USNI News says the program office has HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH COULD VISIT SEMBAWANG, SINGAPORE ON An infographic from Navy Lookout suggests that the U.K. Carrier Strike Group will make a visit to Sembawang, Singapore during its first deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Naval History & Heritage Command, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Navy has a British Defence Singapore Support Unit (BDSSU) there in Sembawang. The place used to be
ROBERT BARTINI: THE WORLD’S MOST MYSTERIOUS AIRCRAFT CNN examines the life and contributions of Italian-born Soviet aircraft designer, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. Alex Beltyukov - RuSpotters Team, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons While Bartini's most famous aircraft design had to be the VVA-14 ekranoplan, aircraft that he had design earlier such as the Stal-6 and Stal-7 were the best aeroplanes
AH-1Z NOW HAS LINK-16 20 hours ago · The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has flown the first AH-1Z flight that has Link-16 capability. Bell says a two-way connection was completed from the helicopter to a ground station. Bell added that the Link-16 package from Northrop Grumman adds a new digital moving map, a new security architecture and Advanced Networking Wideband Waveform (ANW2) datalinks TAIWAN OERLIKON GDF-006 35MM AAA AND USAF C-17 17 hours ago · Someone in Taiwan captured the USAF C-17 with Taiwan's Oerlikon GDF-006 35mm towed anti-aircraft gun in the same video frame during the former's visit to SongShan airport on Jun. 5. The Oerlikon GDF-006 35mm twin-gun is routinely deployed to the airport which is also an air base for the military. The red flag on the
NASA ADAPTING AUTO GCAS FOR SMALL AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 19 hours ago · NASA has taken the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) that it help develop to the next level so that it is suitable for non-fighter aircraft. For more information, hit the Source below Source JAPAN WILL LAUNCH ITS LOYAL WINGMAN FROM F-X FIGHTER 16 hours ago · Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Japan will budget for the research and development of its loyal wingman in next year's fiscal budget. Hunini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The report added that the unmanned air aircraft will be carried aboard the next-generation fighter dubbed F-X. The concept is not new in Japan. The former Fuji
WATCH MQ-25 REFUEL ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME 1 day ago · The Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset has carried out its first aerial refueling of another aircraft for the first time on Jun. 4. Boeing says the MQ-25 and the Super Hornet that participated in the test were both flying at operationally relevant speeds and MITCHELL INSTITUTE PROPOSED MILITARY C2, ISR APPLICATIONS A recent paper titled "Command and Control Imperatives for the 21st Century" from the Mitchell Institute has suggested that the U.S. Air Force could look at using supersonic airliners that are in development as future command and control (C2) airborne platforms. The author of the paper, Doug Birkey, argues that the supersonic speed and altitude JUNE 8, 2021
20 hours ago · The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has flown the first AH-1Z flight that has Link-16 capability. Bell says a two-way connection was completed from the helicopter to a ground station. INDIAN NAVY HAS STARTED TRAINING ON THE MH-60R 17 hours ago · The Indian Navy has started to train its personnel to fly and maintain the MH-60R naval helicopter in the United States. Photo: U.S. Navy The detachment have started their training at NAS Pensacola. Hindustan Times reports that two MH-60Rs will delivered to the Indian Navy next month and the third helicopter will be delivered by
AGM-183A TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER TEST FLIGHT NEXT MONTH After failing to make its first flight on Apr. 5, the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) will make a fresh attempt next month, U.S. Air Force Global Strike Commander Gen. Timothy Ray says. Photo: USAF Speaking with the Mitchell Institute, Ray added that the new B-21 bomber will not be using the "block upgrade" ALERT 5 – MILITARY AVIATION NEWSSPACEMMRCAMQ-XINDUSTRYAIRSHOWUAV Gutenberg Ready Minimal WP Blog Theme 'Blog Guten' is a minimal WordPress blog theme designed to work seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor. It is minimal, fast, secure & WATCH THE LANDING OF USAF C-17 #05-5150 IN TAIWAN Related Posts (Automatically Generated) Watch the belly landing of RMAF C-130; Watch RAF Tornado GR4 landing after strike mission in Syria; Watch Su
RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks RMAF INTERCEPT 16 PLAAF AIRCRAFT OFF EAST MALAYSIA The Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) has issued a press statement today saying that 16 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft were intercepted off the coast of East Malaysia on May 31. Photos: RMAF The huge formation was detected by Air Defense Center (CRC 2) in Sarawak at 1153hrs local time. We were informed UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
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RAF EUROFIGHTERS AND VOYAGER TO JOIN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP The Royal Air Force is preparing to send its Eurofighters and Voyager aerial refueling tanker to South East Asia for Exercise Bersama Lima 2021 in October. FltLTCarey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The British government had earlier announced that the Carrier Strike Group will be participating in the same exercise as well. This marks RMAF INTERCEPT 16 PLAAF AIRCRAFT OFF EAST MALAYSIA The Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) has issued a press statement today saying that 16 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft were intercepted off the coast of East Malaysia on May 31. Photos: RMAF The huge formation was detected by Air Defense Center (CRC 2) in Sarawak at 1153hrs local time. We were informed UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH CHINA The UK Carrier Strike Group will depart next month and the press release from the British government says ships from the strike group will "participate in Exercise Bersama Lima to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom." Graphic: Royal Navy Exercise Bersama USAF’S AIRDROPPED PALLETIZED MUNITION PROGRAM IS NOW The U.S. Air Force's experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system has a new name, Rapid Dragon. Photo: AFRL The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office disclosed that during a test of an instrumented JASSM deployment box at White Sands Missile Range in March, the G-11 parachute was used. With new parachutes, a new altitude
ROBERT BARTINI: THE WORLD’S MOST MYSTERIOUS AIRCRAFT CNN examines the life and contributions of Italian-born Soviet aircraft designer, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. Alex Beltyukov - RuSpotters Team, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons While Bartini's most famous aircraft design had to be the VVA-14 ekranoplan, aircraft that he had design earlier such as the Stal-6 and Stal-7 were the best aeroplanes
ACE 21 TO KICK OFF FROM JUN. 7-18, NORWEGIAN F-35S TO The Finnish Air Force has announced that Arctic Challenge Exercise 21 will take place from Jun. 7-18. The exercise is scaled down this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous iterations of the exercise had more than 100 aircraft participating. Organized by the air forces of Finland, Sweden and Norway, there will be two waves TAIWAN OERLIKON GDF-006 35MM AAA AND USAF C-17 13 hours ago · Someone in Taiwan captured the USAF C-17 with Taiwan's Oerlikon GDF-006 35mm towed anti-aircraft gun in the same video frame during the former's visit to SongShan airport on Jun. 5. The Oerlikon GDF-006 35mm twin-gun is routinely deployed to the airport which is also an air base for the military. The red flag on the
AH-1Z NOW HAS LINK-16 16 hours ago · The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has flown the first AH-1Z flight that has Link-16 capability. Bell says a two-way connection was completed from the helicopter to a ground station. Bell added that the Link-16 package from Northrop Grumman adds a new digital moving map, a new security architecture and Advanced Networking Wideband Waveform (ANW2) datalinks JAPAN WILL LAUNCH ITS LOYAL WINGMAN FROM F-X FIGHTER 13 hours ago · Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Japan will budget for the research and development of its loyal wingman in next year's fiscal budget. Hunini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The report added that the unmanned air aircraft will be carried aboard the next-generation fighter dubbed F-X. The concept is not new in Japan. The former Fuji
NASA ADAPTING AUTO GCAS FOR SMALL AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 16 hours ago · NASA has taken the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) that it help develop to the next level so that it is suitable for non-fighter aircraft. For more information, hit the Source below Source WATCH MQ-25 REFUEL ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME 1 day ago · The Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset has carried out its first aerial refueling of another aircraft for the first time on Jun. 4. Boeing says the MQ-25 and the Super Hornet that participated in the test were both flying at operationally relevant speeds and JUNE 8, 2021
16 hours ago · The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has flown the first AH-1Z flight that has Link-16 capability. Bell says a two-way connection was completed from the helicopter to a ground station. INDIAN NAVY HAS STARTED TRAINING ON THE MH-60R 13 hours ago · The Indian Navy has started to train its personnel to fly and maintain the MH-60R naval helicopter in the United States. Photo: U.S. Navy The detachment have started their training at NAS Pensacola. Hindustan Times reports that two MH-60Rs will delivered to the Indian Navy next month and the third helicopter will be delivered by
ROKAF CHIEF LOST HIS JOB AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Seong-yong has resigned on Jun. 4 over the handling of a sexual assault case that led to the death of a female master sergeant. The victim died of apparent suicide in late May. She suffered Alert 5
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PHILIPPINES OFFICIALLY TOOK DELIVERY OF SIX S-70I Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 The Philippine Air Force (PAF) officially took delivery of six Polish-made Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters on Dec. 9.
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Posted on December 10, 2020 Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) announced that it has carried out seven aircraft modifications under the Erciyes C130 Modernization Project.
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PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY BARKING SANDS, Hawaii (July 12, 2018) Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) fire a Japanese Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (SSM-12) at the ex-USS Racine (LST-1191), positioned at sea, during a sinking exercise, July 12, at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. This marks the first time the U.S. Army and JGSDF have participated in a sinking exercise during RIMPAC. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Mass Communication Specialist Brian Brannon/Released) Continue reading “Japan to build 2 Aegis warships, extend range of Type 12 SSM”
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