The Japanese government has decided that it needs to start looking for an alternative site to bed down the new MV-22 Ospreys that it has bought. The original plan was to deploy the tilt-rotors at Saga City but officials had difficulties acquiring land need for expansion from the local fisheries cooperative. It will now search […]
U.S. European Command has announced that MQ-9s and approximately 90 Airmen have been deployed in Campia Turzii Air Base, Romania. 31st Expeditionary Operations Group, Detachment 1 will take charge until the squadron is fully operational. For more information, hit the Source below Source
BAE Systems has been awarded a $4 million contract to demonstrate a quick-turnaround demonstration of a new radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) system for the P-8A. Image: BAE Systems The pod has a small form factor jammer, a high-powered amplifier and the AN/ALE-55 Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy (FOTD). It will be installed on a wing station. Testing […]
The British government has declared that its aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC). U.S. Navy Photograph by Liz Wolter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is expected to attain full operating capability by December 2023. For more information, hit the Source below Source