Aviation News
Seapower magazine spoke to the team at General Atomics (GA) which is competing for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A unmanned aerial tanker program and they are confident that the company’s Sea Avenger solution will meet the navy’s needs.
By MC1 Peter D. Lawlor [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Armenia’s Hay Zinvor newspaper quoted a senior military officer as saying that the country has imported the Russian 9K333 Verba Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS).
A Japanese civilian flight instructor has flown the Mitsubishi A6M3 at Chino airport on Apr. 11. He could be the first person from Japan to fly the legendary warbird in America after World War 2.
Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Dr. Khalid Mohammed Al Attiyah, drop by Seymour Johnson Air Force Base last month and he flew in an F-15E.
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Lockheed Martin announced on Apr. 12 that the U.S. Air Force has authorized the extend of the designed service life of the F-16 Block 42-52 aircraft to 12,000 Equivalent Flight Hours.
By U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Clay Lancaster [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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