New landing zone in at Lajes Field, Azores allows pilots to land in tricky conditions
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Yearly Archive: 2020
First two HH-60Ws to arrive at Moody AFB
Two HH-60W Jolly Green IIs have been delivered to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia on Nov. 5. The helicopters were flown in by airmen from 41st Rescue Squadron out of Moody and the 413th Flight Test Squadron and 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Future CO of CVN 74 has landed on 6 classes of aircraft carriers
Capt. Cassidy “Dudley” Norman, the next Commanding Officer of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), recently trapped and catapult from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during his carrier qualification (CQ). The Ford was the sixth class of aircraft carrier that Norman had flown from. Throughout his naval aviator career, Norman had completed carrier qualifications […]
Pentagon Awards $9.5Bn Contract for Columbia-class Submarines
WASHINGTON — The US Navy is awarding a $9.5 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Corporation to construct and test the lead and second ships of the Columbia Class, SSBN 826 and SSBN 827.
“I applaud the efforts of the Navy and industry team who worked aggressively on this c…
US Advances $2.9 Bn Reaper Drone Sale to UAE: Sources
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 billion, people briefed on the notification said.
The move comes on the heels of last week’s notification of …
EU Approves Third-Country Participation in PESCO Projects
As of today, [third-party] states can participate in defense projects of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) of the European Union. The compromise proposed by German was accepted on October 28, 2020 in Brussels. The objection period expired today.
The compromise provides for an admissio…
