Aviation News
The U.S. Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron has started to paint their WC-130J Hurricane Hunters back to the original shiny gray paint scheme and the first repainted aircraft returned back to Keesler Air Force Base on Apr. 5.
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Two HH-60 MedEvac helicopters were destroyed in a crash at Fort Stewart, Georgia on Mar. 30. After preliminary investigations, the U.S. Army has decided to launch a criminal probe into the event.
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Janes reports that Indonesia plans to reverse engineer the Chinese C-705 anti-ship missile and a local consortium has been established to carry out the project.
Dispen Koarmada I (I Fleet Command Information Service), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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The United States’ next-generation land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM) has been designated as the LGM-35A Sentinel.
U.S. Air Force illustration
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Taiwan has initiated the program to develop a next-generation fighter aircraft under project 303. The air force has determined that a new power plant based on the F125 is insufficient to meet the needs of the new jet.
Marc Lacoste, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons