Aviation News
Flying over China Lake, three U.S. Navy F/A-18s had eight Su-27s appeared in their radars and radar warning receivers on Nov. 25, 2014.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Researchers generate virtual Su-27 targets into the cockpits of F/A-18s”
Two South African Air Force Gripens and a Learjet took part in a mock air raid against German Bremen-class frigate FSG Karlsruhe and Sachsen-class frigate FSG Sachsen on Apr. 14.
![pic11[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pic111.jpg)
Photo: South African Navy
[thumb]http://www.navy.mil.za/archive/1504/150401_Ex_Good_Hope_week3/article.htm[/thumb]
X-47B, Salty Dog 2, successfully made dry contact with the drogue of an Omega K-707 aerial tanker on Apr. 15 above the skies of Chesapeake.
![11083796_886736644706297_4918460128361954084_o[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11083796_886736644706297_4918460128361954084_o1.jpg)
Photo: NAVAIR
An F-35C from VFA-101 was at NAS Lemoore for six-days starting from Apr. 10.
[thumb]http://abc30.com/news/f35s-shown-off-at-lemoore-naval-air-station/660652/[/thumb]
Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus said the F-35C will “almost certainly will be, the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly.”
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “F-35C will be the last manned strike fighter for U.S. Navy”