On this day 80-years ago, the iconic Supermarine Spitfire took to the air for the first time with Captain Joseph “Mutt” Summers at the controls. The aircraft flew for eight-minutes.
Photo: Cpl Neil Condie/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
OSD will have to decide whether CBARS will get a new competition
The Deputy Director of Warfare Integration (N8FB) at Chief of Naval Operations Staff told National Defense in an interview that the upper echelons in the Pentagon are contemplating whether the new Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) will require a new competition.
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Vietnam War POW gets Freedom Flight in T-38A
Paul Granger, a B-52 pilot who was shot down over Hanoi and taken captivity during Operation Linebacker II in 1972, was honored by the 560th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Mar. 3.
Photo: USAF
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U.S. transferred eight Black Hawks to Jordan
The United States on Mar. 3 transferred eight UH-60A helicopters to Jordan. U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Alice G. Wells was there to witness the transfer.
Photos: U.S. State Department
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The USAF’s newest weather satellite is no longer responding to commands
The U.S. Air Force is no longer able to command its newest weather satellite – Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 (DMSP F-19).
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