Aviation News
A behind-the-scene video showing the flight operations of China’s KJ-200 and KJ-2000 AEW&C aircraft. Video starts with the stand-up ceremony of the PLAAF’s first airborne early warning unit. Footage includes cockpit videos and apparently the radar operator consoles as well.
Did a successful cyber intrusion into the F-35 program forced the Pentagon to redesign parts of the jet, which ultimately drove up costs?
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Since the Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing will not be getting the C-27J to replace its F-15 mission, the Pentagon has decided to assign eight C-130s instead.
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Prince William has flown his first sortie over the Falkland Islands on Saturday after being deployed there recently as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.
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The 122nd Fighter Wing will give up its A-10s and switch to the MC-12. The new planes will start arriving next year.
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