Aviation News
A MQ-9 Reaper has successfully hit a maritime target for the first time on Mar. 19. The test took place over the Gulf of Mexico during a joint service training exercise.
.jpg)
By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson (USAF Photographic Archives (image permalink)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “MQ-9 hits maritime target for the first time”
The X-47B will test its ability to refuel in the air within the next few weeks. The U.S. Navy told Military.com that testing will take place at NAS Patuxent River.
_demonstrator_completes_its_first_shore-based_arrested_landing_at_Naval_Air_Staion%2C_Patuxent_River%2C_Md.%2C_May_4%2C_2013_130504-N-ZZ999-102.jpg)
By Northrop Grumman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “X-47B to test mid-air refueling”
An Italian C-27J was escorted to land at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire, Scotland by two RAF Eurofighters on Apr. 1.
By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “RAF Eurofighters escort Italian C-27J to land in Scotland”
F-16s based in Bodø Main Air Station, Norway have been busy nowadays as Russian military flights picked up over the last two years.
“F-16 at Bodø Main Air Station” by Ssgt. Rodney K. Prouty – Defence Imagery VIRIN: DF-ST-83-00926. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The 56th Fighter Wing flew its 1,000th F-35A training sortie on Mar. 31. The flight was flown by Maj. Joshua Arki from the 61st Fighter Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Staci Miller