Aviation News
The U.S. Air Force’s “Accelerated Path to Wings” flight training program has graduated its first seven students on Mar. 12.
U.S. Air Force photo by Sean Worrell
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is arriving in Tokyo for their first foreign trip on Mar. 15 and Kyodo News reports that Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi will speak to Austin on the high cost of modifying the F-15J to carry long-range cruise missile.
Graphic: Boeing
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Raytheon has demonstrated to the U.S. Army that it can fire the Stinger missile from a Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit (LWCLU).
GARY L. KIEFFER, USA, CIV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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A category 2 deficiency for the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker is prevent pilots from taking off in the tanker until the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) countdown timer reaches zero.
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French Navy frigate Prairial arrived at Cam Ranh, Vietnam on Mar. 9 so that engineers can go on board the warship to fix its Alouette III helicopter.
Photo: French Embassy in Vietnam
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