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The 48th Fighter Wing farewell to the 56th Rescue Squadron

The 48th Fighter Wing bid farewell to the 56th Rescue Squadron during a ceremony at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, May 15, 2018. The event signals the near-completion of the 56th and 57th RQS relocation t... Read More...

10 years ago the amazing F-117 Nighthawk was retired from the active duty

It’s been 10 years since the F-117 Nighthawk retired, an aircraft so secret that Nevada folklore labelled it a UFO. The Nighthawk pilots were known by the call sign “Bandit,” each earning their number with thei... Read More...

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Luftwaffe: Eurofighter possible successor of Tornado fleet? The proposal to Germany

On the eve of the ILA Berlin Air Show 2018, Airbus and Eurofighter GmbH have submitted their offer to the German Ministry of Defence for a replacement of the Bundeswehr’s ageing Tornado combat aircraft, which w... Read More...

RAF’s Dambusters squadron reforms to fly F-35 fighter jets

The squadron immortalised by the Dambusters raid of World War II has been reformed to fly the UK’s new F-35 fighter jets, the Defence Secretary has announced. Gavin Williamson announced the new 617 Squadron aft... Read More...

Norwegian F-35A conducts in-air drag chute testing

The F-35 Integrated Test Flight team at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. recently completed in-air deployments of the Norwegian Drag Chute System. The drag chute is unique to Norwegian F-35A aircraft and rapidly... Read More...

New target drone Mirach-40 ready for operations in Italy

Following comprehensive testing at the PISQ (Poligono Interforze Salto di Quirra) joint armed forces test range in Sardinia, Leonardo’s new Mirach-40 (M-40) target drone has been authorised for operational use ... Read More...

F-35 ends most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history

The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. "Completing F-35 SDD flight test is the culmination of years of h... Read More...

Australia has taken delivery of the first F-35As with Block 3F software

Australia has taken delivery of three new F-35A aircraft with Block 3F software from Lockheed Martin reaching an important milestone. The F-35A combat aircraft will provide Australia with a fifth-generation fi... Read More...

USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Carrier Strike Group depart for deployment

Nearly 6,500 Sailors of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) will depart Norfolk the morning of April 11, for a regularly-scheduled deployment. Deploying ships and aircraft of the strike group, ... Read More...

Predator series aircraft pass 5.000.000 flight hour mark

GA-ASI sets RPA industry record with help from worldwide customers base

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) today announced its Predator®-series family of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), encompassing Predator, Predator B, Gray Eagle, and Avenger® lines, has achieve... Read More...

Global Atomics awarded FMS development contract for UK MQ-9B Protector

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is pleased to announce the recent award of an $81M Foreign Military Sales contract by the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the United Kingdom (UK... Read More...

PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to Authorized Pilatus Center Western Aircraft Delivered

The Authorized Pilatus Sales and Service Center Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, took delivery of the first PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to the Pilatus dealer network. In a ceremony at Pilatus B... Read More...

Exercise Frisian Flag 2018: more than 70 NATO military aircraft in the Netherlands

From April 8 to 20, Leeuwarden Air Base in the north of the Netherlands will be the venue for the international live-fly fighter Exercise Frisian Flag 2018. More than 70 military aircraft from Dutch Host Nation... Read More...

NASA Selects Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® to Build X-Plane

Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. NASA awarded Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® a contract to design, build and flight test the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator, an X-plane designed to make supersonic pas... Read More...

US Navy F-35C carrier qualification USS Abraham Lincoln

US Navy F-35C carrier qualifications aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed fleet carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C Lightning II program, marking another milestone for the new aircraft, while underway Marc... Read More...

Marine VMFA-122 conducted their first flight operations in the F-35B Lightning II

It was like a scene from Top Gun as pilots marched out to the flight line to mount the metal beast known as the F-35B Lightning II. Pilots entered their cockpits, started the engines and prepared for takeoff. A... Read More...

Leonardo: defensive aids suite for UK Royal Army AH-64E Apache helicopters

Leonardo has announced, at the FIDAE exhibition in Chile (3-8 April), that it has been contracted by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide a defensive aids suite (DAS) for the British Army’s new fleet of ... Read More...

Roll out for the first F-35A for Republic of Korea Air Force ROKAF

Republic of Korea and U.S. government leaders celebrated the public debut or 'roll out' of the first Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-35A Lightning II at the Lockheed MartinFort Worth production facility. ... Read More...

Singapore Airlines takes delivery of world’s first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

26 March 2018 - Singapore Airlines (SIA) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 from the manufacturer’s production facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. SIA is the world’s first airline to take d... Read More...

Leonardo: contract for 4 additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers for Poland

Leonardo and the Armament Inspectorate of the Polish Ministry of National Defense have signed a contract to supply four additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT) that will join the Polish Air Force’s existin... Read More...

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