Aviation News
Lt. Christopher Tabert became the first military pilot to fly all three versions of the F-35 when he completed the government acceptance flight for AF-14 on Mar. 23.
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An F/A-18D assigned to VFA-106 crashed in Virginia Beach shortly after take-off from NAS Oceana on Friday. The jet hit half-a-dozen buildings and injured nine people.
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The Spitfire Company has successfully restored a Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 back to flying condition after it crashed during a training exercise in 1940.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) stands to loss as much as $194.3 million for cost overruns building the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.
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The industry is welcomed to demonstrate their helicopters for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) program.
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