Aviation News
More details have emerged on the crash of a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130T into a soybean field in Mississippi on Jul. 10. The aircraft, BuNo. 16500, suffered an emergency at cruise altitude, said Brig. Gen. Bradley S. James, commander of the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve.
By Maj. Paul Greenberg [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Red Flag 17-3 starts today and runs till Jul. 28. For this U.S.-only iteration, the F-35A from the Air Force and F-35B from the Marine Corps will be participating together for the first time.
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By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed San Diego Jul. 7 for the Middle East.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rosalie Chang [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Colorado Engineering has been give a nearly $3 million contract to design, fabricate and test graphics processing units (GPU) for the F-35 Block 4 radar upgrade program.
The F-35B arrived in Okinawa for the first time when two aircraft assigned to VMFA-121 touch down at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan on Jun. 26.
