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First Dutch F-35s fly home
Holland’s first two F-35As have arrived for the first time at Leeuwarden Air Base in The Netherlands yesterday. Pilots Colonel Bert “Vidal” de Smit and Major Pascal “Smiley” Smaal conducted a fly by...
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NZDF search for missing pig hunter
The New Zealand Defence Force has deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 helicopter to support the Police’s search for a pig hunter who has been reported missing in the Makahika Ranges in...
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RNZAF called in for special house removal
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 medium utility helicopter has shifted a 1700kg Department of Conservation (DoC) hut sitting on an active slip in Mount Richmond Forest Park in Marlborough to...
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F-35 arrives in UK for Royal International Air Tattoo
Aviation history is set to be made in the UK this summer when, in a major airshow ‘first’, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter, makes its much-anticipated international display...
View ArticleHolland/Luxembourg dive into MRTT pooled fleet
Holland’s Ministry of Defence has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Luxembourg to proceed with the acquisition of a pooled fleet of Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, and...
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USAF declares F-35A Lightning II – ‘combat ready’
The F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft was declared ‘combat ready’ on 3 August by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command. Carlisle lauded the aircraft’s performance,...
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Ex RAAF Hercules crash in Papua kills 13
An ex-RAAF C-130H Hercules crashed into a mountain in Papua yesterday killing three crew and 10 military passengers. CAPTION: Former No. 37 Squadron C-130H Hercules A97-005 flies over Sydney Harbour on...
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15 tankers involved in 30-hour bombing run
Two B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped several 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on two terrorist training camps in Libya on Wednesday this week. But the mission is most remarkable for the fact that a total...
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F-35 Lightning debuts at Red Flag
Story by Micah Garbarino 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs After eight days “at war” the F-35A Lightning II is proving to be an invaluable asset during Red Flag 17-01, the Air Force’s premier air...
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RNZAF sends Orion to Middle East
Two sad but proud boys see daddy off to war before school. The New Zealand Defence Force sent a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft this morning to the Middle East to join an...
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