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Northrop Grumman to test E-2D Manned/Unmanned Teaming concept in lab

Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by alert5

NAVAIR says it intents to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman so that the company can test a Manned/Unmanned Teaming concept for the E-2D in a lab environment.

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ARABIAN SEA (July 3, 2019) An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the “Bluetails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 flies over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during an air power demonstration. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tristan Kyle Labuguen/Released)

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First non-U.S. F-16 pilot to clock 5,000 hours in the jet

Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by alert5

Cdt. Steven “Vrieske” De Vries from Belgian Air Component is the first F-16 pilot outside the United States to clock, 5,000 hours on the fighter.

Photos: Belgian Air Component
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Singapore narrows down to three locations for F-16 and F-35 base in U.S.

Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by alert5

Singapore has narrowed down to three locations to bed down its F-16s and future F-35s in the United States. On Mar. 23, a delegation from Singapore visited Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

SMSGT DENNIS L. BRAMBL, USAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons