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Air Force B-1B Bomber Blew Tires and Had Brake Fire During Emergency Landing

Air Force B-1B Bomber Blew Tires and Had Brake Fire During Emergency Landing

B-1B Lancer emergency landing. (Courtesy of @combat_learjet) According to photos recently surfaced on social media U.S Airforce B-1B Lancer bomber performed an emergency landing after technical failure. The B-1B is dubbed (from B-One), took off for a training mission, and, about 30 minutes later, experienced an unspecified in-flight electrical malfunction …

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Indian Air Force To Equip Mig-29 and Su-30MKI Fleet With Indigenous Astra BVRAAM Missiles

Indian Air Force To Equip Mig-29 and Su-30MKI Fleet With Indigenous Astra BVRAAM Missiles

Air-to-Air missile Astra successfully user flight-tested from Su-30 MKI aircraft off the Odisha coast on September 17, 2019. – Ministry of Defence (GODL-India) The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Defence Ministry Rajnath Singh, cleared the purchase of 248 indigenously developed Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for the Indian Air Force …

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First Mirage F1M Jet In Digitized Camouflage Scheme Destined For Aggressor Duty

First Mirage F1M Jet In Digitized Camouflage Scheme Destined For Aggressor Duty

The Draken’s first Mirage F1M. (Image credit: Draken /José M. Ramos). In 2017, Draken International announced the procurement of 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighter jets. Previously flown by the Spanish Air Force, these aircraft will join Draken’s existing fleet of radar-equipped Douglas A-4K Skyhawks and Aero Vodochody L-159E “Honey …

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U.S. Air Force Urgently Buying General Electric F110-GE-129 Engines For New F-15EX Fighters Jets

U.S. Air Force Urgently Buying General Electric F110-GE-129 Engines For New F-15EX Fighters Jets

Source: Boeing The U.S. Air Force is urgently buying an unspecified number of General Electric F110-GE-129 jet engines to power its new F-15EX Eagle fighter jets. The service says this is an “unusual and compelling urgency acquisition” and comes ahead of a formal competition to decide on the F-15EX’s powerplant, …

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