Two U.S. Army pilots from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) were killed when their AH-6M crashed during a training flight in western Georgia on Monday afternoon.
Day: August 10, 2011
Tow bar adapter makes Global Hawk truly global
In the past, the RQ-4B Global Hawk is limited by the airfields it could divert to as it requires a specialized tow bar to be moved on the ground.
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Pentagon might cut jets from F-35 Lot 5
Unless the Pentagon gets $264 million funding transfer from Congress, it will be forced to cut the number of F-35s it can buy under LRIP 5.
USAF to launch 2nd Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2
If all goes according to plans, a Minotaur IV Lite rocket will carry a Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 for the second flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Aug. 10 at 7 a.m. PDT.
332nd AEW commander reaches 4,000th F-16 flight hour
Brig. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander, clocked 4,000th flying hours in the F-16 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.