U.S. Air Force officials recently removed 82 two-seat F-16D Fighting Falcons from flight status due to the discovery of canopy sill longeron cracks found between the front and rear pilot seats. The cracks were discovered following an immediate action time compliance technical order, or TCTO, to inspect all F-16D due to initial structural cracks discovered … Dowiedz się więcej
Cadet Flight Sergeant James Turner from 2445 (Ardudwy) Squadron, Air Training Corps has been awarded the RAF Valley Charlton Griffin Trophy. This year will also be the first year that the Charlton Griffin trophy winner will become the station commander’s cadet and will be invited to accompany the station commander to selected formal functions. Cadet … Dowiedz się więcej
The „Black Hawk” helicopter simulators in the Transport Helicopter squadron and UAV Simulator squadron at the Palmahim airbase will be upgraded in the coming months In January, a contract was signed with the American company CAE, which performs maintenance and manufactures simulators for private airplane manufactures as well as the air forces around the world. … Dowiedz się więcej
The U.S. Navy announced Aug. 14 the award, to Boeing Defense and Security Systems, of a $295.6 million firm fixed-price-contract for the procurement of 12 Full Rate Production (FRP) Lot 2 P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Maritime aircraft for use in the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force fleets. The U.S. Navy will receive eight aircraft … Dowiedz się więcej
The Royal Air Force has sent Tornado aircraft from RAF Marham so they can be ready to support humanitarian operations in Iraq if required. A small number of aircraft, fitted with state of the art Litening III reconnaissance pods, left Norfolk this afternoon. They will be pre-positioned in Cyprus and available to fly over the … Dowiedz się więcej
The Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard in Newport News, Virginia is all abuzz as below deck-testing of the Navy’s newest aircraft launch system begins aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Following months of large-scale hardware deliveries containing critical components of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and shipboard installation by HII, teams from the … Dowiedz się więcej