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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:36 pm

An A-10 pilot has recently carried out training with protective gear: here are some photos showing the somehow curious boarding procedure. Simulated-contaminated airfield operations were carried out at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, recently. Capt. Curtis Lackey, an A-10 pilot with the 358th Fighter Squadron boarded his Thunderbolt II aircraft wearing protective gear and the images the U.S. Air Force has released provide some interesting details about the somehow curious procedure the…...
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:40 pm

An Italian Air Force F-35B and an RAF F-35B jet from HMS Queen Elizabeth were involved in an Expeditionary Combat Support Event at Pantelleria airport during exercise Falcon Strike 2021. On Jun. 8, 2021, Pantelleria, the tiny island located in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, some 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Sicily and 60 km (37 mi) east of the Tunisian coast, hosted an Italian Air Force F-35B (the only one assigned to the service, serialled MM7453/32-14) and a Royal Air Force F-35B (ZM154/020) embarked with 617 Sqn aboard…...
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