The U.S. Navy will retire its last Rockwell T-39 Sabreliner with VT-86 in August. One single T-39D will remain in service with VX-31.
[thumb]http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20140624-t39.html[/thumb]
F-35A fire was “isolated incident”
Breaking Defense was told that the F-35A fire at Eglin Air Force Base on Jun. 23 was an isolated incident and will not affect the entire fleet.
Mexico requests sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks
Mexico has requested a possible sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks for an estimated cost of $225 million.
Continue reading “Mexico requests sale of 5 UH-60M Black Hawks”
Cost of upgrading F-35 reduced by $920 million
The Pentagon projected that it will only have to spend $1.65 billion instead of $2.57 billion to upgrade and fix problems found on early production batches of the F-35.
The Royal Navy’s first ScanEagle flight
HMS Somerset launched the Royal Navy’s first ScanEagle flight from the Persian Gulf on Jun. 22.
[thumb]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-navys-new-eyes-in-the-sky[/thumb]