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alojapan.com/1281163/new-jet-t New jet trainer in the cards as Japan seeks training fleet refresh #AIRFORCE #asia #boeing #DSEIJapan2025 #global #Japan #JapanNews #leonardo #M346 #MitsubishiHeavyIndustries #news #T7ARedHawk #TrainerAircraft A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Kawasaki T-4 trainer lands at Iruma Air Base, Western Tokyo (Credit: Mike Yeo) DSEI JAPAN — The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is in the process of recapitalizing its training aircraft fleet as it se…

alojapan.com/1279701/boeing-on Boeing on track to deliver fifth, sixth KC-46As to Japan this year: Exec #AIRFORCE #asia #boeing #Business&Industry #DSEIJapan2025 #global #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #KC46 #news A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-46A Aerial Refueling Aircraft departs for a refueling mission during Exercise Cope North 25, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (Commonwealth of Australia photo by Mikaela Fernlund) DSEI JAPAN — Japan is on track to take delivery…

China’s new 'drone #mothership 'expected to launch for first test flight within days

When it is fully operational, Jiu Tian will release a vast swarm of up to 100 smaller drones that would work together to overwhelm an enemy’s air defence systems.

The #jet-powered drone will first undergo a series of tests before it is fully deployed by the #Chinese #AirForce

euronews.com/2025/05/19/chinas

China's new 'drone mothership' expected to launch for first test flight within days
euronews · China's new 'drone mothership' expected to launch within daysWhen it is fully operational, Jiu Tian will release a vast swarm of up to 100 smaller drones that would work together to overwhelm an enemy's air defence systems.
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…Andrew Hunter, who until January served as #AirForce asst secy supervising the #AirForceOne effort, said that once the plane was acquired—by gift or purchase—it would represent a major new #cost for the #FederalGovernment.

Paying for the crew alone of an Air Force One jet costs >$37M a year, & the total annual operating cost is $134M a year…

“No one other than a nation-state—or an airline—could afford to operate this plane,” Hunter said. “It’s wildly #expensive.”

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…But no specific terms of the planned deal have been made public, & the ability of a future *Trump library* to take possession of the plane remains murky. And ethical issues are not the only complication.

Even if the terms of the transfer are finalized, current & fmr #AirForce acquisition ofcls have cautioned that getting the Qatari plane ready to be used by #Trump would not be easy.

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By the time #Trump toured the aircraft on Feb. 15, discussions about how to acquire the plane had changed. The talk among senior aides to Trump shifted from a government-to-government sale to a *donation*.

That was a surprise to #AirForce officials. At no point, #Pentagon officials said, did the Air Force propose that the plane be donated.

Monday, May 19, 2025

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@RealGene

Well trained in saluting? We used to salute in the cub scouts when I was eight. It was pretty easy.

(although saying that the one behind #MBS does seem to be doing a #BennyHill).

In the UK the #army and #airforce salute with their palm facing outwards, but the #navy salute with their palm facing downwards.