http://zuilon2000.imgur.com/47QQ2#6qsjy

2011 Songshan airport (松山機場開放參觀)

http://i.imgur.com/J3Ckj.jpg

Stormtroopers?

http://mainichi.jp/area/miyagi/news/20110729ddlk04040075000c.html

29 July 2011:
At Matsushima AB, Yamoto Koukuusai [Yamoto Air Festival] air show traditionally scheduled on third Sunday in August, is cancelled this year.

At Higashi Matsushima City, Higashi Matsushima Natsu Matsuri [Higashi Matsushima Summer Festival], also traditionally scheduled on day before air show, is renamed Arigatou – Higashi Matsushima Genki Festa [Thank You – Higashi Matsushima Healthy Festa] on August 20 this year.

This year, Blue Impulse, normally based at Matsushima AB, will formation flight above Festa venue.

http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=172627&ctNode=445

Mainland fighter crossed Taiwan Strait meridian in June

Publication Date：07/25/2011

A mainland Chinese fighter jet crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait in late June while attempting to chase off a U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane on a monitoring mission in the region, according to foreign sources.

In response, the ROC Air Force quickly dispatched two F-16 fighters to the area, at which point the mainland Su-27 fighter returned to the mainland side of the median line, the sources said.

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1854

Boeing, BAE Systems to Develop Integrated Directed Energy Weapon for US Navy

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 25, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that its Directed Energy Systems (DES) division has signed a teaming agreement with BAE Systems to develop the Mk 38 Mod 2 Tactical Laser System for defense of U.S. Navy ships.

http://www.ga.com/news.php?read=1&id=366

GA-ASI Awarded Contract for Hellads Weapon System Demonstrator
High-Power Laser Weapon Ultimately to be Incorporated into Tactical Aircraft

Jul 19, 2011

The HELLADS laser concept employs an innovative new approach to electric lasers which combines the high storage density of solid-state with the efficient heat removal of flowing liquids.
The HELLADS program seeks to demonstrate a 150-kilowatt laser weapon that weighs less than 2,000 pounds and could be mounted to military platforms as small as patrol ships, fighter and surveillance aircraft, armored combat vehicles, and perhaps even UAS.
In addition to the laser itself, GA-ASI completed prototype power and heat removal systems last year, confirming that the supporting technologies are in place for a complete weapon system.

(Evidence that the 11th and 21st Squadrons, based at tsunami-hit Matsushima AB, are being respawned?)

http://tonk298.blog24.fc2.com/?no=78

8 July 2011:
Jap spotter at Gifu AB took these photos and vids of…

T-4 728 in Blue Impulse paint scheme.
T-4 675 in grey paint scheme, but has 11th Squadron emblem on tail fin.
Both used callsign “Blue Impulse”.

F-2 124 with 21st Squadron “blue triangle” emblem.
F-2 102 with strange paint scheme. Blue top, grey or white bottom.

The vids show these and other aircraft, such as F-4. 8D