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Boeing awarded U.S. Navy contract modification for additional MQ-25 aircraft

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract modification for three additional MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft, bringing the total number of aircraft Boeing is manufacturing to seven. “We’re honored ... Read More...

U.S. Air Force Reserve HC-130J Combat King II

Lockheed Martin delivers the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first HC-130J Combat King II

Lockheed Martin delivered the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first HC-130J Combat King II to a crew from the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. This HC-130J will be operated by the 39th Res... Read More...

US Eisenhower and Truman aircraft carriers

USA Ike and Truman aircraft carriers conduct dual carrier and joint air wing operations with B-52 in the Arabian Sea

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) began dual carrier strike group and joint air wing operations with a B-52 Bomber from U.S. Air Forces Central Command in the Arabian Sea March ... Read More...

VC-25B begins modification to create the next “Air Force One”

On February 25th, the VC-25B program began modification on the first of two Boeing 747-8 aircraft that will travel the globe representing the United States of America. VC-25B, the next “Air Force One,” is a pro... Read More...

Lockheed Martin delivers 500th F-35 aircraft and the fleet surpasses 250.000 flight hours

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office delivered the 500th F-35 and in February, the F-35 enterprise surpassed 250,000 flight hours. The 500th production aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to be ... Read More...

U.S. and French navies conduct dual-carrier operations in Mediterranean sea

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began dual-carrier flight operations with French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) in the Mediterranean Sea March 2. These dual-carrier operations d... Read More...

USS Eisenhower CVN-69 aircraft carrier operates in U.S. 6th Fleet

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet to support maritime security operations in international waters, alongside our allies and partners. Deploying ships an... Read More...

After Sentry Aloha 20-1 USAF 18th Aggressor Squadron replicates threats during exercise Cope North 2020

Twelve Soviet-style blue, black and forest flanker-themed F-16 Fighting Falcons took flight from a frigid 20-below-zero airfield in the Alaskan frontier to traverse the Pacific to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,... Read More...

Boeing and US Navy test the ability to link piloted and unmanned EA-18G Growlers

Test show ability of F/A-18 Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler pilots to remotely control fighter and attack platforms from the cockpit

Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River as unmanned air systems using a third Growler as a mission controller for the other two... Read More...

Lockheed Martin delivers first Block 8.1 Upgrade HC-130J to U.S. Coast Guard

Lockheed Martin representatives joined U.S. Coast Guard leaders and crew members for a ceremony on Jan. 31 at the Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, celebrating the complet... Read More...

US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System arrives in 7th Fleet in Guam for initial deployment in the Pacific theater

The Navy’s first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have arrived in Guam for their initial deployment in the Pacific theater. Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19, the first Triton UAS squadron, will ope... Read More...

T-45-Goshawk Air-Test-and-Evaluation-Squadron-(VX)-23

ATC – Aircraft Compatibility Testing begins aboard USS Gerald R. Ford CVN78

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its homeport of Norfolk, Jan. 16 to begin Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) off the East Coast as the first aircraft, an E-2D landed, on board. ACT c... Read More...

18th Aggressor Squadron leaves Hawaii for Guam to partecipate at exercise Cope North 2020

The 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) are leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, after participating in Sentry Aloha 20-1 Jan. 8-22, 2020. The 18th AGRS sent a mobile training team (MTT) to the island to ... Read More...

Exercise Sentry Aloha 20-1 comes to an end

More than 1000 personnel from the U.S. Air Force’s active, national guard and reserve components participated in the decade’s first Sentry Aloha exercise Jan. 8-22, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The air-to... Read More...

Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey successfully completes first flight

U.S. Navy will use the CMV-22B to replace the C-2A Greyhound for the COD - Carrier Onboard Delivery missions

The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., completed first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tiltrotor fleet, joining the MV-22... Read More...

USAF F-16 aggressors from 18th AGRS fly south for mobile training

From snow to palms no big deal for US Airmen

The 18th Aggressor Squadron departed Eielson this week to participate in exercise Sentry Aloha 20-1, which is scheduled to take place Jan. 8-22 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai, hosted by Hawaii Air Nat... Read More...

Hill’s AFB F-35As conduct massive combat power exercise with 52 aircraft Elephant Walk

The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing conducted a combat power exercise with a massive Elephant Walk on Jan. 6, launching 52 F-35A Lightning IIs in rapid succession. Hill AFB hosts, ... Read More...

U.S. Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron

RC-135 R/V Rivet Joint on 29 years of service in USAF Central Command’s AOR

From Desert Storm to now 10,699 days, 12,741 missions and more than 140,000 flying hours

Airmen assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron recognized 29 years of continuous service in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility during a ceremony at Al Udeid Air Bas... Read More...

US Air Force final requests for proposals for light attack aircraft

The US Air Force released final requests for proposal Oct. 24 for a limited number of Textron Aviation AT-6 and Sierra Nevada Corporation/Embraer Defense & Security A-29 aircraft. The Air Force plans to pur... Read More...

About one dozen of US Marines F-35B embarked on USS America LHA-6

Approximately one dozen, fully-operational F-35B Lightning IIs embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Oct. 8 during routine training in the eastern Pacific. The F-35Bs are assigned to M... Read More...

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