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TH-73A delivered to NAS Whiting Field

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by alert5

Leonardo Helicopters has delivered the first operational TH-73A training helicopter to NAS Whiting Field on Aug. 6.

MILTON, Fla. (Aug. 6, 2021) The Navy’s first TH-73A Thrasher arrives at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton Aug. 6, 2021. The TH-73A will be assigned to Training Air Wing 5 on base and will replace the TH-57B/C Sea Ranger as the undergraduate rotary and tilt-rotor helicopter trainer for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Michelle Tucker)

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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum restores EC-135C to its original state

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by alert5

The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ashland, Nebraska has restored a EC-135C in its collection back to its original condition.

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Blue Impulse cockpit 360 video during opening day of Tokyo Olympics

Posted on August 8, 2021 by alert5

USAF RQ-4 Block 40 crashes

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk crashed at approximately 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on Aug. 6 while returning to land at Grand Forks Air Force Base.

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USAF in “very preliminary” discussions on successor for AGM-158

Posted on August 8, 2021August 7, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force is in “very preliminary” discussions on fielding a successor for the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).

U.S. Air Force Major Jacob Rohrbach, a pilot assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, releases the first Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range, or JASSM-ER, from an F-16 over the Gulf of Mexico on September 19th, 2018. The test gathered data on safe separation and software integration of the JASSM-ER, and demonstrated the Eglin test range’s ability to monitor and control test items in flight over the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Jackson

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