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Italian Navy’s first female strike fighter pilot

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 by alert5

Italian navy Ensign Erika Raballo earned her Wings of Gold on Mar. 11 after completing undergraduate flight training with VT-9 on Mar. 11.

200602-N-N0436-1001 MERIDIAN, Miss. (June 2, 2020) Italian navy Ensign Erika Raballo, a student naval aviator, sits on a T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft after completing her a training flight with the “Tigers” of Training Squadron (VT) 9 at Naval Air Station Meridian, June 2, 2020. Raballo is the Italian navy’s first female strike fighter pilot. VT-9 conducts undergraduate intermediate and advanced strike pilot training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and select international military partners. (Courtesy photo/Released)

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USN withdraws NGJ-LB award to L3Harris

Posted on March 12, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has determined that the award of the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NJG-LB) to L3Harris needs to be withdrawn.

An U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler fighter jet assigned to VAQ-129 Vikings at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, in Oak Harbor, Washington, takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 21, 2019. Serving the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, VAQ-129 train freshly pinned Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)

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Philippines buying one battery of BrahMos

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 by alert5

The Philippine Navy chief told Philippine News Agency (PNA) that his service will be acquiring only one battery of the Indian-made BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missile.

Ministry of Defence (GODL-India), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons

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E-2D refuels from KC-135

Posted on March 11, 2021 by alert5

A U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 126 Seahawks flies next to a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, near the coast of Maine. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Allyson L. Manners)

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T-45 to get new oxygen concentrator

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 by alert5

Cobham has been given a contract by the U.S. Navy to supply a new oxygen concentrator for its T-45 advanced jet trainer fleet.

210304-N-N0436-1014 PENSACOLA, Fla. (March 4, 2021) — Cmdr. Eric Reeves (blue aircraft) relinquishes command of the “Sabrehawks” of Training Squadron (VT) 86 to Cmdr. George Zintak during an aerial change of command ceremony above Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 4. VT-86 conducts undergraduate strike naval flight officer training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and select international military partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Scott Janik/Released)

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