Category: Navy
USN to replace T-44C with T-54A
Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to develop the T-54A multi-engine training system (METS) aircraft to replace the T-44C, the service announced on Jan. 25.
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Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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DOT&E raises concern over the testing of the F/A-18 IRST Block II
The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has raised concerns with the operational testing schedule of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II program.
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Recovery of F4F-3 flown previously by 4 U.S. Navy aces
A and T Recovery, a U.S. company that specializes in recovering WW II aircraft, has proposed to recover four warbirds that were lost when aircraft carrier USS Lexington was sunk.
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By Photographer Second Class H.S. Fawcett, U.S. Navy – U.S. Navy photo <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external text” href=”https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-10000/80-G-10613.html”>80-G-10613</a>, Public Domain, Link
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Downdraft from Royal Thai Navy H145M causes tent collapse, injuring eight
Eight people were injured when giant tents collapsed during a National Children’s Day event in Chanthaburi province on Jan. 14. The incident occurred when a Royal Thai Navy H145M helicopter flew directly above three giant tents, sending powerful downdrafts that caused the structures to collapse onto a crowd below.
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