Aviation News
Appearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services seapower committee, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis told lawmakers that his service’s F-35Bs are not affected by a software bug that causes the APG-81 radar to reset in flight.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Der Spiegel reported that Berlin intends to spend $73 million to upgrade the facilities at Incirlik airbase in Turkey for its Luftwaffe detachment.
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Photo: Bundeswehr/Bienert
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Two IDF fighters that were assigned to flight test duties with CSIST will be transferred back to the RoCAF. This allows the fleet size to grow to 129 aircraft.
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The DoD has issued a notice to modify the V-22 so that a 18-inch gimbaled multispectral sensor can be lowered from the tilt-rotor’s cargo hold well.
By Peter Gronemann (Flickr: V22-Osprey) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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AIDC has given the nickname, blue magpie, to its XT-5 advanced jet trainer concept. The bird lives in the mountains of Taiwan and is very defensive of its nest, thus AIDC considered it as an appropriate name for the jet.
