Day: March 19, 2021

#FighterFriday

Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by alert5

Photo: U.S. Navy

NAWCAD using rebuilt C-47 as range support aircraft

Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by alert5

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently started using a rebuilt C-47 transport as its range support aircraft for the Atlantic Test Ranges (ATR) at NAS Patuxent River.

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This Connecticut Air National Guard C-130 maintainer wears the Ranger Tab

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Senior Airman Jonathan Petersen, 103rd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, recently completed the grueling 62-day Ranger course by the U.S. Army.

Senior Airman Jonathan Petersen, 103rd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, stands in front of a C-130H Hercules at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, March 16, 2021. Petersen attended U.S. Army Ranger School through the Air National Guard’s Enlisted Development Opportunities program, and was the only Air National Guardsman in his graduating class, which completed the course Feb. 5. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Tucker)

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Northrop Grumman to test E-2D Manned/Unmanned Teaming concept in lab

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NAVAIR says it intents to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman so that the company can test a Manned/Unmanned Teaming concept for the E-2D in a lab environment.

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ARABIAN SEA (July 3, 2019) An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the “Bluetails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 flies over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during an air power demonstration. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tristan Kyle Labuguen/Released)

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First non-U.S. F-16 pilot to clock 5,000 hours in the jet

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Cdt. Steven “Vrieske” De Vries from Belgian Air Component is the first F-16 pilot outside the United States to clock, 5,000 hours on the fighter.

Photos: Belgian Air Component
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