Bell-Boeing given $151 million to start designing CMV-22B
The U.S. Navy has given Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office $151 million to start development work on the CMV-22B.
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By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Advanced Arresting Gear traps its first manned aircraft
The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) has successfully trapped its first manned aircraft, a F/A-18E, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Mar. 31.
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Photo: U.S. Navy.
U.S. delivered three UH-1s to Lebanon
The U.S. government has delivered three UH-1 helicopters to Lebanon on Apr. 1. The ceremony was attended by U.S. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Ambassador Richard H. Jones at Beirut Air Base.
Photo: U.S. Embassy Beirut
KC-46 encountered issue while transferring fuel to C-17
During the transfer of fuel in mid-air from a KC-46 to a C-17, testers found that the boom’s axial load was higher than expected. This setback could delay the type’s Milestone C decision in May, the U.S. Air Force has said.
Boeing photo by John D. Parker
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