Museum of Flight 99% sure it will land a Blue Angels F/A-18

Museum of Flight’s Senior Public Relations Manager Ted Huetter told KIRO 7 that the museum is 99 percent sure that when the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels team switch to the Super Hornet, one of the Hornets retired will go to the museum.

A U.S. Navy F-A-18 Hornet aircraft assigned to the Blue Angels performs during the Wings Over the Pacific Air Show at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept 140928-F-SI013-015
By Capt Raymond Geoffroy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Experience in Syria prompting Russia to upgrade rotors of its combat helicopters

Russia has gained value experience operating its attack helicopters in Syria and one of the lessons learned was that the metal rotor blades were wearing out faster in the harsh environment in Syria. In future, Russia will be switching to composite rotor blades to mitigate the issues.


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