Three Airmen with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit became the first qualified operational weapons load crew for the F-35A during a qualification load at Eglin Air Force Base on Oct. 10.
Aries Flight 70th Anniversary
The first British aircraft to circumnavigate the globe carried out the feat in secret seventy years ago on Oct. 21.
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VMAQT-1 flew all its aircraft for seven-ship formation flight
VMAQT-1 was able to bring all its seven EA-6Bs to serviceable state and flew a seven-ship formation flight to celebrating winning the 2014 Association of Old Crows Marine Corps outstanding unit award.
Photo: Cpl. J. R. Heins
USMC AH-1W damaged by rotor brake fire
A AH-1W with HMLA-269 was damaged by a rotor brake fire on Oct. 14 while it was undergoing ground checks following maintenance.
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Lockheed Martin Teams with Roketsan of Turkey on New Standoff Missile for the F-35
Roketsan and Lockheed Martin have signed a teaming agreement for collaboration on the SOM-J, a new generation air-to-surface Standoff Cruise Missile for the F-35.