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Raytheon has done a fit check of its APG-79(V)4 on USMC F/A-18

Posted on July 29, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Marin Corps has a requirement to fit a new radar for 88 of its F/A-18C/Ds and Raytheon has confirmed that it performed a fit check of its APG-79(V)4 radar at the request of the service last month.

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Italian AV-8B hitches a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima

Posted on July 29, 2018 by alert5

An Italian AV-8B Harrier needs to travel to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, for a scheduled preventative maintenance inspection (PMI). Instead of flying across the Altantic, the jet will hitch a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 18, 2018) An Italian AV-8B Harrier lands aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), in the Mediterranean Sea, July 18, 2018. The Harrier and its crew will return to the United States for scheduled maintenance at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jon Sosner/ Released)

Tech. Sergeant John Chapman to be awarded Medal of Honor

Posted on July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 by alert5

For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. Air Force Airman is being awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions.

See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Watch the first flights of India’s AH-64E and CH-47

Posted on July 28, 2018 by alert5

PAC-3 MSE has made its furthest intercept of air-breathing target

Posted on July 28, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martins’ PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor recent achieve its longest-range intercept of an air-breathing target at White Sands Missile Range.

The PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor set a distance record in its latest flight test with the longest one-shot hit-to-kill intercept against an Air-Breathing Threat at White Sands Missile Range on July 26. (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

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