A F/A-18F was forced to make an emergency landing at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport on Jul. 25 after its landing gear failed to retract after take off.
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Philippine Navy to take delivery of two AW159s in March 2019
Head of the Philippine Navy, Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad, told reporters that two AW159 naval helicopters will be delivered in March 2019.
Photo: PO(Phot) Si Ethell/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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General Atomics completes arresting hook testing for its MQ-25 design
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced on Jul. 23 that it has concluded performance testing of the arresting hook Hold Down Damper (HDD) for its proposed MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
Graphic: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
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Boeing says Super Hornet can make ski jump takeoff with ‘significant’ payload
Dan Gillian, Boeing’s program manager for the F/A-18 and EA-18G, told Economic Times that his company had done simulations of the Super Hornet taking off from a ski jump and the aircraft can be launched with a ‘significant’ payload.
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By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of AmericaMass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anderson W. Branch/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Gear-up incident of USN T-6
The crew of a U.S. Navy T-6 forgot to lower the landing gear during a touch-and-go practice at Aransas County Airport at 10:55 a.m. on Jul. 16.
By U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Antonio More [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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