Aviation News
A box of ammunition fell from a helicopter assigned to the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade on May 17 and crashed through the roof of an elementary school in Texas.
Photo: U.S. Army
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A memorial dedicated to the late Blue Angels pilot Capt. Jeff Kuss is nearing completion in the town of Smyrna, Tennessee.
WASHINGTON (June 3, 2016) File photo of Captain Jeff Kuss, U.S. Marine Corps. Capt. Kuss died during a practice flight, when the F/A-18C Hornet he was piloting crashed approximately two miles from the runway at the Smyrna, Tenn., Airport, June 2, 2016. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)
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The U.S. Navy has given Raytheon a $77 million contract to Raytheon “for the engineering, test equipment, material and management necessary to transition Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering, manufacturing and development into low-rate manufacturing, fabricating and production of ESSM Block 2 missiles.”
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The iconic B-17F Memphis Belle bomber is back on exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The warbird was unveiled to the public on May 17, the 75th anniversary of its last bombing mission.
Photo: National Museum of USAF
General Atomics was awarded a $206 million contract by the Pentagon to retrofit 122 MQ-9 Block 5 aircraft.
By (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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