Aviation News
A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan transport aircraft made an emergency landing at Longreach Airport in Queensland’s Central West on May 3rd after smoke was detected onboard, just days after the aircraft had completed a multinational military exercise in Southeast Asia.
_Alenia_C-27J_Spartan_taxiing_at_Wagga_Wagga_Airport_(4).jpg)
Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 AU, via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Spartan transport returning from FPDA exercise makes emergency landing at Longreach after smoke alert”
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Sikorsky a $15.5 million contract to develop and demonstrate an autonomous cargo helicopter for frontline resupply missions, selecting a commercially developed aircraft over a purpose-built military design.
Image: Robinson Unmanned
Continue reading “U.S. Marine Corps picks Autonomous Cargo Helicopter from Sikorsky and Robinson team”
A Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) T-50 advanced jet trainer veered off the runway at Wing 1 airbase, Nakhon Ratchasima, during a routine training flight on the morning of Apr. 23, the Royal Thai Air Force confirmed, adding that the pilot walked away unharmed.
Continue reading “RTAF T-50 veered off runway during training flight”
A 21-year-old Chinese national studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Glasgow, Scotland has been arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after allegedly photographing restricted military aircraft at one of America’s most sensitive air force bases.
,_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1571215.jpg)
Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Chinese engineering student arrested after photographing E-4B, RC-135 at Offutt AFB”
A Japanese naval fighter that had rested on the seafloor for more than eight decades was pulled from the waters off Kagoshima Prefecture on Apr. 8.
Continue reading “Shiden-Kai warbird recovered off Kagoshima coast”