Day: April 11, 2021

India to lease aerial refueling tankers for training

Posted on April 11, 2021 by alert5

The Indian Air Force has taken a new approach for its bid to acquire a fleet of aerial refueling tankers. It has now decided that it will lease those new tankers by the hour.

Alec Wilson from Hampton-in-Arden, UK [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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USS Nimitz wins Battle “E”

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 by alert5

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has been declared as the winner of the CY2020 Aircraft Carrier Battle Effectiveness (Battle “E”) award.

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) cruises in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Nimitz is underway hosting friends and family day, an event where nearly 400 civilian guests joined the ship’s crew for a special one day underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Hetherington/Released)

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USS Mustin shadows Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning

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PHILIPPINE SEA (April 4, 2021) Cmdr. Robert J. Briggs and Cmdr. Richard D. Slye monitor surface contacts from the pilothouse of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin. Mustin is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Arthur Rosen)

B-1B getting new radar instrumentation system

Posted on April 11, 2021April 10, 2021 by alert5

Northrop Grumman is designing a new radar instrumentation system for the B-1B bomber under a $2.3 million contract.

Airmen attached to the 7th Bomb Wing of the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force, perform maintenance on the B-1 bomber’s radar system April 12, 2012, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded a engineering services order to improve radar support for the aircraft Feb. 11, 2021 (Air Force Courtesy File Photo)

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