Yearly Archive: 2020

Exercise Enduring Lightning III

Israel and the U.S. Air Force carried out their third joint exercise involving their F-35A fighters on Oct. 12. The press release said the exercise involves the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and Israel’s 116th Squadron. F-16Is from 115th Squadron played the aggressor role. For more information, hit the Source below Source

Airfield construction underway at Wake Island

The U.S. military is carrying out major contructions for airfield facilities on Wake Island. Construction began in March 2020 and is slated for completion by spring 2021. New aprons and shoulders with rigid pavement are being added at Taxiway Bravo. Construction is also underway for the existing airfield Hot Cargo Pad. Once completed, the island […]

Afghan MD 530Fs getting ballistic-tolerant crashworthy fuel systems

MD Helicopters was awarded a $6.1 million contract to retrofit 18 legacy Afghan Air Force MD 530F helicopters with ballistic-tolerant crashworthy fuel systems (CWFS). By Staff Sgt. Perry Aston (USAF) (dvidshub.net) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The 59-gallon tank is compliant to MIL-DTL-27422. The retrofit will be carried out in Afghanistan. The press release also […]
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