Alert 5

Aviation News

Category: Air Force

A-10 damaged by misfired cannon is back flying again after 3 years

Posted on by alert5

A-10C, #80-0264, is back flying again after spending three years at Hill Air Force Base for restoration by the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group.

A-10 Thunderbolt II, tail number 80-0264, is towed to the flight line at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Oct. 22, 2021. The A-10 spent more than three years at Hill being restored by the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group after a sustaining damage from a gun misfire over Michigan’s Grayling Air Gunnery Range that forced the pilot to land without landing gear. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Continue reading “A-10 damaged by misfired cannon is back flying again after 3 years”

USAF selects GE to power F-15EX

Posted on by alert5

The U.S. Air Force will use the General Electric F110-129 turbofan engine to power all 136 F-15EX fighters that it plans to procure.

An F-15EX Eagle II from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, takes flight for the first time out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 26, 2021, prior to departure for Northern Edge 2021. The F-15EX brings next-generation combat technology to a highly successful fighter airframe that is capable of projecting power across multiple domains for the Joint Force. (U.S Air Force photo by 1st Lt Savanah Bray)

Continue reading “USAF selects GE to power F-15EX”