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Lockheed Martin wants X-47B testing to continue

Posted on May 7, 2015 by alert5

Bob Ruszkowski, Lockheed Martin’s director of advanced air dominance and unmanned systems strategy, said the industry and the U.S. Navy will benefit from further testing of the X-47B.

A U.S. Navy X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 21, 2013, in the Atlantic Ocean 130521-N-ZZ999-101
By Alan Radecki [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Navy, UAV

Kuwait to buy 28 Super Hornets

Posted on May 7, 2015May 7, 2015 by alert5

Reuters says Kuwait will soon announce a $3 billion order for 28 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.

Boeing F-A-18F Super Hornet, USA - Navy AN0322978
By Grahame Hutchison [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

Singapore C-130 made an emergency landing in India

Posted on May 7, 2015May 7, 2015 by alert5

A Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 had to make an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on May 5 due to a fuel leak.

ROSAF Lockheed Hercules DRW Butler
By Eugene Butler [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force

First female F-35 pilot begins training

Posted on May 7, 2015May 7, 2015 by alert5

Lt. Col. Christine Mau, 33rd Operations Group deputy commander, is the first woman to complete a training flight on the F-35.

First female F-35 pilot begins training
U.S. Air Force photos/Staff Sgt. Marleah Robertson
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Posted in Air Force

Australia commissions two CH-47Fs into service

Posted on May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 by alert5

At a ceremony held in Royal Australian Air Force Base Townsville on May 5, Australia commissioned its first two Boeing CH-47F helicopters into service.

Australian Army Chinook helicopter commissioning
Photo: Corporal Mark Doran
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Posted in Army

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