Day: December 6, 2017
Canada to announce plan to buy second-hand Hornets from Australia; scraps Super Hornet initiative
Reuters is reporting that Canada will announce next week of its intention to buy second-hand Hornets from Australia and give up plans to buy the Super Hornet from Boeing.
By Duan Zhu [GFDL, GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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PAK FA flies with new engine
The turbofan engine designed specifically for the Sukhoi PAK FA fighter has made its first flight on the stealth jet on Dec. 5.
T-6A operational pause at Vance AFB lifted
The 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base has lifted the operational pause of the T-6A. Students and instructors are back flying on Dec. 5.
By Cory W. Watts from Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America (Raytheon T-6 Texan II) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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