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USMC has borrowed some MQ-8Cs from Navy to test them on LHDs

Posted on April 22, 2016 by alert5

At a hearing for the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, the Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Aviation told lawmakers that the service has borrowed some MQ-8Cs from the Navy to see how they could be operated from the amphibious assault ships.

MQ-8C Fire Scout returns from Point Mugu Sea Range
U.S. Navy photo

Posted in Marines, Navy

Hill Air Force Base is now modifying all three variants of the F-35

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by alert5

Hill Air Force Base announced that it is now modifying all three variants of the F-35 at the depot-level with the arrival of the first F-35C on Apr. 15.

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U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw
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Spanish Navy might adopt the F-35B

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by alert5

Head of the Spanish Navy Adm. Jaime Muñoz-Delgado said his service might have to adopt the F-35B once the current AV-8Bs’ ran out of lifespan in the next decade.

F-35B Lightning of VMFAT-501 takes off from Eglin AFB 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USS Carl Vinson is 1st CVN to have UAV command center

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has certified the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command center aboard USS Carl Vinson, making the aircraft carrier the first to do so.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in Baie de Grand Goave Haiti 21 Jan 1010
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Interior of Y-8X seen for the first time

Posted on April 20, 2016 by alert5

The medevac mission by the PLAN at Fiery Cross reef on Apr. 17 has allowed the outside world to see the interior of the Y-8X maritime patrol aircraft for the first time.

Y-8X interior

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