Aviation News
Taiwan has decided not to buy three sets of Centurion C-RAM system from the United States after it was told by the Pentagon that no evaluation testing data exists for the Centurion as it was urgent development program to counter rocket and mortar attacks on bases in Iraq.
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VAW-126 is now qualified to receive aerial refueling for their E-2D airborne early warning aircraft.
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At approximately 11:19 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2020, two Russian Su-27 Flanker pilots intercepted a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber that was conducting routine operations over the Black sea in international waters. The Russian pilots flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner while crossing within 100 feet of the nose of the B-52 multiple times at co-altitude and while in afterburner causing turbulence and restricting the B-52’s ability to maneuver.