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Day: September 12, 2020

Final USAF C-17 to receive ADSB Out

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A C-17 assigned to Altus Air Force Base is the final aircraft of its type in service with the U.S. Air Force to received the ADS-B Out equipment.

An Altus Air Force Base C-17 aircraft stands ready at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 8, 2020, for a Boeing flight crew to fly the aircraft back to its home station. The aircraft is the last C-17 to receive Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out modifications for the Jan. 1, 2020, FAA mandate to have the ADS-B Out installed on its aircraft.

Photo: Joseph Mather
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E-2C struck CATM-9X during bolter

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A E-2C assigned to VAW-116 struck a captive training AIM-9X on the wing of a F/A-18F during a “hook-skip bolter” on Aug. 23.

171006-N-MJ135-437 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 6, 2017) An E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the Sunkings of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 116, lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Spencer Roberts/Released)

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