Aviation News
The U.S. Department of Defense could reduce the number of F-35 stealth fighters is plans to buy in the fiscal 2017 budget plan due to spending caps imposed by Congress.
By DoD photo by Lawrence Crespo, U.S. Air Force. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Four F-35 Full Mission Simulators are up and running at Hill Air Force Base and they can be linked together for pilots to rehearse their missions.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Six U.S. Marines died when their UH-1Y helicopter crashed on May 12 in Nepal during a flight to evacuate wounded Nepalese to a hospital. Here are the photos from that final mission, extracted from a camera retrieved from the crash site.
The U.S. Marine Corps has concluded its investigation into the crash of a MV-22 from VMM-161 on May 17. Investigators determined that the pilots could have avoided the accident if they had taken steps to minimize or avoid the severe brownout conditions during the landing.
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Photo: Hawaii News Now
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VMR-1 “Roadrunners” recently surpass 250,000 Class A mishap-free flight hours in October at MCAS Cherry Point.
Photo: Lance Cpl. Joshua R. Heins