Aviation News
Three teams have been awarded contracts under Phase 1 of DARPA’s XS-1 spaceplane program. Boeing, working with Blue Origin; Masten Space Systems working with XCOR Aerospace; and Northrop Grumman with Virgin Galactic will now develop concepts for a vehicle that can fly 10 times in 10 days and exceeding Mach 10 in flight.
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VMGR-152 has started its relocation back to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni from Okinawa after 49 years.
Photo by SSgt Charles G. Poag
The Iranian Air Force lost two pilots and one F-4 when the jet went down in the southern part of the country on Jul. 15.
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It has been revealed that the KC-46 being assembled at Boeing Everett was damaged by a sprinkler malfunction.
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The Pentagon has given the green light for the F-35 to resume flying, with limitations however.
Continue reading “F-35 fleet-wide grounding lifted, Farnborough trip canceled”