Day: June 28, 2014
Engine pieces found on runway after F-35 fire
Reuters reported that engine pieces were found on the runway at Eglin Air Force Base after a F-35A caught fire while getting ready to take-off.
USMC wants to upgrade its RQ-21 with heavy fuel engine
The US Marine Corps wants to equip its RQ-21 with a heavy fuel engine and to fund that upgrade program, it has requested that the U.S. Congress allow it to shift $18.75 million from its RQ-7B program.
PLAN recruiting high school grads to be carrier pilots
For the first time, the People’s Liberation Army Navy is recruiting high school graduates to become aircraft carrier pilots.
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Four F-35Bs arrived at Pax River ahead of transatlantic flight
The U.S. Marine Corps has resumed flights of its F-35Bs with four arriving in NAS Patuxent River from NAS Yuma.
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