A new era began at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) on Sept. 11 with the arrival of the first Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter. Col. Daniel Lapastole, vice commander, 129th Rescue Wing, landed the aircraft at Naval Air Station Jacksonville after a four-stop, cross-country trek from the unit’s home at Moffett Federal Airfield, California. … Dowiedz się więcej
Denmark is one step closer to becoming the second international customer to have the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopter in its inventory. The first two aircraft arrived at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York facility for digital cockpit and integrated mission systems and sensors installation July 9 and are anticipated to be delivered to the Navy … Dowiedz się więcej
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION POINT MUGU, Calif. – With a screaming growl, the last U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler banked over the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s (NAWCWD) Electronic Warfare (EW) Laboratory at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Point Mugu, completing a victory lap around the installation before coming in for a final … Dowiedz się więcej
The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) armature receives final touches before Sailors from Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) hook up the weighted sled used for ‘dead-load’ testing June 5. The bright orange sled was then successfully catapulted off the bow of the aircraft carrier for the first time. Ford completed two successful dead-load … Dowiedz się więcej
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Two of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) MH-60R Seahawk helicopters were loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17 at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, for delivery to their new home in Australia May 27, 2015. … Dowiedz się więcej
The P-8A Poseidon Integrated Test Team (ITT) conducts air-to-air refueling (AAR) ground testing with the aircraft at a level pitch and flight pitch to simulate the various stages of AAR. The team successfully completed the seven-day event May 11 at a Boeing facility in Seattle. In an effort to minimize schedule impact to the test … Dowiedz się więcej