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V-22 testing rolling take-offs, landings on carrier deck

Posted on November 13, 2015November 12, 2015 by alert5

To prepare for the arrival of the HV-22, NAVAIR had an Osprey perform roll-on landings and takeoffs from the angled deck of an aircraft carrier last month.

U.S. Sailors move into position to refuel a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Operation Damayan in the Philippine Sea 131117-N-XN177-028
By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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First operational aerial refueling for a French Air Force helicopter

Posted on November 10, 2015 by alert5

France has conducted its first operational aerial refueling when a EC725 from 1/67 ‘Pyrénées’ squadron took fuel from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J over Africa recently.

EC725 refueling from KC-130
Photos: French Defense Ministry
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Work: F-35 is a flying sensor computer

Posted on November 9, 2015 by alert5

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work talked about the Pentagon’s new “third offset strategy” to defeat future adversaries at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Nov. 8.

F-35 night flight
By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Staci Miller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Findings into USMC UH-1Y crash in Nepal released

Posted on November 9, 2015November 8, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps has published its investigation into the fatal crash of a HMLA-469 UH-1Y in Nepal on May 12.

US aid rushed
By U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Hernan Vidana [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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First student naval aviator selected to fly F-35B

Posted on November 3, 2015November 3, 2015 by alert5

1st Lt. Taylor Zehrung from the U.S. Marine Corps is the first student naval aviator to be selected to fly the F-35B after earning his wings of gold.

1st Lt. Taylor Zehrung
Photo: USMC
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