Aviation News
Lockheed Martin will supply two Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to Taiwan for its F-16 fleet. Lockheed Martin will also provide integration support of LANTIRN targeting and navigation pods on Taiwan’s recently upgraded F-16s.
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Last year, Belarus MiG-29s and Su-25s landed and took off from stretch of motorway in Dzerzhinsk, Belarus Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Oleg Dvigalev just confirmed that the same exercise will be conducted this year.
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Fire broke out on a RC-135V while the aircraft was about to take-off at Offutt Air Force Base on Apr. 30. Now, investigators have figured out that an oxygen leak was the cause of the accident.
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Photo: Air Combat Command
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J-10s with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force August 1st aerobatics team have been spotted with a new smoke generating system.
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A P-8A from VP-30 went on a round-the-world trip on Jul. 6 and one of the legs was Australia where the crew, commandeered CO Capt. Curt Phillips, learn air-to-air refueling (AAR) techniques from RAAF’s E-7A personnel.
By Greg L. Davis (Image and description page, High res version) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “VP-30 traveled to Australia to learn AAR techniques from E-7A personnel”