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Ending its 41-year commitment to a workhorse aircraft, the U.S. Navy retired the last C-9B Skytrain II on June 28 to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group based in Tucson, Arizona. As of January, the Navy had four C-9B aircraft remaining in its inventory — one was retired in February and two … Dowiedz się więcej

he U.S. Navy’s Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 received its fifth E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft July 1 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, becoming the first squadron to be equipped with five of these latest E-2 variants. Each squadron will now be comprised of five E-2D aircraft, instead of the traditional four in … Dowiedz się więcej

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) hosted a group of Finnish Air Force officers and Patria Aviation managers May 27-28 for briefings on continuous improvement techniques and tools used on the F/A-18 Hornet production line and F404 engine shop. The group visited the depot to gain a better understanding of adopted FRCSE Lean methodologies for F/A-18 … Dowiedz się więcej

Raven will soon be a common name to every Marine who has completed The Basic School (TBS) officer course. Thirteen TBS instructors finished a two-week course May 22, where they learned how to operate, maintain and integrate the RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) into their upcoming basic school curriculum. The course, held at … Dowiedz się więcej

Captain Christopher Fletcher, Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity Lakehurst, addressed over 100 attendees that included active duty Navy, Marine, Air Force and Army personnel, veterans and civilian DoD employees, as well as community dignitaries at the Lakehurst Flight Deck on Tuesday, June 3rd to mark the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Considered the … Dowiedz się więcej