Two bomb wings from the Air Combat Command ceremonially realigned Sept. 28 to Global Strike Command’s 8th Air Force, bringing all of the service’s bomber fleet under a single command. The move joins B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas’ 7th Bomb Wing and Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota’s 28th BW, with B-52H Stratofortresses and … Dowiedz się więcej
The India Ministry of Defence has finalized its order with Boeing [NYSE: BA] for production, training and support of Apache and Chinook helicopters that will greatly enhance India’s capabilities across a range of military and humanitarian missions. India will receive 22 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. Both are the newest … Dowiedz się więcej
An Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (A330 MRTT) of the Royal Australian Air Force has successfully refuelled a F-35A Joint Strike Fighter of the US Air Force. During a four-hour sortie from Edwards AFB, California, the tanker, known in RAAF service as the KC-30A, conducted 59 contacts including five “wet contacts” during which 19,600kg … Dowiedz się więcej
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Space Fence System, including the large-scale digital radar and turn-key facility were deemed technically mature and provided evidence that all requirements will be met through the program’s Critical Design Review (CDR) conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Government representatives met with Lockheed Martin engineers in Moorestown to review the Space Fence … Dowiedz się więcej
US Navy test pilot Cmdr. Ted Dyckman carried out the first F-35C external stores release test on 23 September 2015 over the range near NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Four 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II bombs were dropped during the test. This was Flight 394 for F-35C test aircraft CF-02. Source / Author: Lockheed Martin Photo: Lockheed … Dowiedz się więcej
The Boeing [NYSE: BA] and U.S. Air Force team successfully completed the first flight of a KC-46A tanker aircraft today (26.09), taking off from Paine Field at 1:24 p.m. (PST) and landing four hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. This was the first flight of a KC-46A tanker-configured aircraft, following ongoing flights of the … Dowiedz się więcej