Aviation News
Work for the new S-band Space Fence radar system has started on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean last month.
“Kwajalein Atoll 2003-02-07 – Landsat 7 – 30m” by NASA – NASA/USGS Landsat satellite image GeoTIFF archive, http://glovis.usgs.gov. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, sat down with Navy Times and spoke on a wide range of issues such as stealth for future fighters and having a woman F/A-18 Blue Angels pilot.
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U.S. Navy photo
Elliott “Hemo” Clemence is the first U.S. Navy Reservist to be qualified as a F-35 flight instructor.
The U.S. Navy might not be able to take delivery of the first Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier next year due to a design flaw in the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG).
“AAG” by US Navy Air Systems (NAVAIR) – www.navair.gov. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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Turkish officials lamented that Airbus will be late in delivering two A400Ms to the Turkish Air Force this year.
“EC-402 – A400M – Airbus industrie – TLS – En finale sur 32L – 04550-2” by Dval027 – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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