Aviation News
A CH-53E assigned to HMH-465 had to make an emergency landing at Imperial County Airport on Jun. 6 after it caught fire in flight.
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The U.S. Army has confirmed that a KC-390, along with 70 personnel, are now at Yuma Proving Ground for the military certification of the cargo plane.
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An officer from Vietnam’s air force has graduated from the U.S. Air Force Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) at Columbus Air Force Base.
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The U.S. Air Force is in touch with F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin to figure out a possible way to paint an aggressor paint scheme on the 65th Aggressor Squadron’s jets without compromising its stealth coating.
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In a future near-peer conflict, the U.S. Air Force might have to disperse its aircraft to austere locations to escape enemy attacks. However, the challenge will be to create runways rapidly at these locations. One solution proposed by a team called “Project Medusa” is to use biomanufacturing to build runways.
Source: USAF
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