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E-2C operators to decide aircraft’s long-term fate next month

Posted on February 21, 2016February 20, 2016 by alert5

A Northrop Grumman executive told Jane’s at the Singapore Airshow that all present operators of the E-2C will gather in March 2016 at St Augustine to discuss how to sustain the aircraft in the long-term future.

By U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Andrew Leatherwood (http://www.defenselink.mil/multimedia/) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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U.S. Navy to certify P-8A for aerial refueling

Posted on February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Navy is working to get the P-8A certified for aerial refueling with the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135.

A KC-135 Stratotanker flies over Edwards after refueling an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Oct. 23 during the F-35's completion of an air start testing. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes) — A KC-135 Stratotanker flies over Edwards after refueling an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Oct. 23 during the F-35’s completion of an air start testing. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)

Watch 2 JMSDF P-3Cs stopover in Da Nang, Vietnam

Posted on February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 by alert5

Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3Cs, returning home from Djouboti, made a stop in Da Nang, Vietnam on Feb. 16-18. This is the first time since World War Two that Japanese military aircraft had landed in Vietnam.