Aviation News
5071 and 5072, the first two combat-coded F-35As for Hill Air Force Base are undergoing final flight testing by Lockheed Martin and both jets are expected to arrive at Hill next month.
By A1C Joshua D. King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Currently, most of the Ospreys flown by the U.S. Marine Corps are A and B models and now Lt. Gen. Jon Davis wants to change that and have the aircraft upgraded to the C-model.
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By Cpl Christopher Q. Stone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) unveiled two advance jet trainer concepts to the public at the 2015 Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition on Aug. 13.
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Brazil’s Gripen E/F fighters will be armed with A-Darter, IRIS-T, SPICE-250 and SPICE-1000 weapons when they enter service. The Brazilian Air Force has also chosen the RecceLite 2 tactical recon pods and Litening G4 targeting pods for the fighters.
By Photo taken 2005-07-16 in Koblenz by Owly K (Own work) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
This blog post from RAND looks at China’s construction of air strips in the South China Sea.