Aviation News
Instructors from Marine Air Weapons and Tactics One went to Linköping, Sweden last month to teach Forward Air Controller (Airborne) operations and Close Air Support to the Swedish Air Force.
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Embraer has delivered the first modernized A-1 (A-1M) fighter jet to the Brazilian Air Force.
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Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 advanced trainer has been equipped with a Helmet Mounted Display (HMD).
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The Bell/Boeing team has proved that a Super Hornet can maintain station behind a drogue chute extended from a V-22.
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Bell/Boeing photos
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The British Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee reported that the government wasted $115 million switching back and forth on the type of new aircraft carriers.
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