VFA-136 and ten of its F/A-18Es departed NAS Oceana for the last time on Jul. 13 as the squadron relocated to NAS Lemoore in California.
KC-46 has successfully refuel the C-17
The U.S. Air Force announced that the KC-46 flying with a modified boom has managed to refuel a C-17 in mid-air and the previously observe axial loading issues were not present this time.
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Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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RQ-170 spotted in Nevada
A military spotter caught the RQ-170 landing somewhere in Nevada (not sure yet if its Nellis) over the weekend and posted the video on YouTube.
Chinese airliners land at Mischief and Subi Reefs today
China sent two of its civilian airliners individually to Mischief Reef and Subi Reef in the South China Sea today.
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Photos: Xinhua
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Qinetiq and Thales to offer Scorpion for ASDOT program
The British Ministry of Defense is procuring a red air and electronic warfare (EW) training service under the Air Support to Defense Operational Training (ASDOT) program and Qinetiq and Thales have decided to join hands and offer the Textron Airland’s Scorpion light attack aircraft as the platform.
By Tim Felce [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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