Frontal view of Chinese Franken-Global Hawk
Source: Frontal view of Chinese Franken-Global Hawk

Photos of Shenyang’s twin-fuselage unmanned aircraft appears
Source: Photos of Shenyang’s twin-fuselage unmanned aircraft appears

THAAD unit in Guam “close to being permanent”
Source: THAAD unit in Guam “close to being permanent”

The pilot of a Bangladesh Air Force Mi-17 was apparently flown to Singapore for treatment after his helicopter crashed two weeks ago. Unfortunately, he died from injuries sustained during the accident on May 25.

Source: Alert 5

A RoCAF C-130 could not take off from Taiping island in the Spratly Islands on May 26 after the maintenance crew discovered an issue with one of the flaps.

By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

Source: Alert 5

Embraer delivered the first upgraded A-4 (AF-1) to the Brazilian Navy on May 26 at its plant in Gavião Peixoto.

Press release said Embraer will modernize nine AF-1 single-seaters and three AF-1A two-seaters with new “navigation, weapons, power, tactical communications and sensor systems, plus computers and multimode state-of-the art radar.”

Source: Alert 5

According to Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yevgeny Lukyanov, Moscow feels its still “too early” to deliver the S-300 air defense system to Iran.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/384) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

“The implementation of this project requires some time. As far as I understand the time of the delivery has not come yet,” Lukyanov told journalists.

Source: Alert 5

The F-16 will depart from controlled flight and enter a deep stall during a high angle of attack low-speed maneuver. Test pilots from Edwards AFB recently traveled to Europe to teach USAFE pilots on how to avoid that situation.

U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kyla Gifford

Source: Alert 5