India’s first two upgraded Mirage 2000I/TIs arrived home at Gwalior Air Force Base on Apr. 24 around 14:00 hours.
Photos: India MoD
The jets were flown home by Indian Air Force pilots over a period of seven days with stops in Greece, Egypt and Qatar.
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Satellite images has confirmed the presence of an airstrip for unmanned aerial vehicles in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
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According to the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the next X-37B flight will test an experimental propulsion system jointly developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space and Missile Systems Center.
By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The launch date was also confirmed to be on May 20.
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Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron overcame odds to get an A-10 back flying after the jet made an emergency landing in Al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Anbar province.
U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis
The jet’s number one engine suffered catastrophic damage during a routine refueling mission and usually the repair would have taken a month to complete.
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A Air Force of Zimbabwe K-8 jet trainer crashed near Thornhill Airbase on Apr. 24. Both pilots on board ejected safely.
By Bob Adams from George, South Africa (Zimbabwe AF K-8 2106G (2)) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev told news daily Sega that he was offered a bribe to renew a MiG-29 maintenance contract.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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William Freckleton, 412 Range Squadron lead F-22 range control officer, was given an F-16 incentive flight by the 411th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in recognition of his contributions in the military and government civilian service.
U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara
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Chief of Air Force of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, flew the Saab Gripen during his visit to Wing 7, Surat Thani, Thailand.
Photos: RTAF
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The U.S. Navy currently has only six serviceable MH-53E Sea Dragons, two-months after it ordered a fleet-wide inspection to look for damaged wires and fuel lines.
By U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. John L. Kline [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Priority has been given to the seven Sea Dragons based in Bahrain and South Korea. Five had repairs completed.
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Russia’s Altay Optical Laser Center, a satellite tracking facility in Siberia, has released photographs of the Lacrosse 5 radar imaging reconnaissance satellite.
Photo: Altay Optical Laser Center
These photos were taken apparently between 2005 and 2010.
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