The U.S. Air Force announced on Nov. 20 that it has selected Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama as the preferred location to host the MH-139A Grey Wolf Formal Training Unit (FTU). U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr. The MH-139 mission will replace the mission of the Air Force Reserve’s 908th Airlift Wing’s aging C-130Hs currently at Maxwell AFB. […]
Flt. Lt. Shivangi Singh has been revealed as the first woman pilot from the Indian Air Force to undergo conversion to fly the Rafale fighter. Singh was part of the second batch of women fighter pilots to finish training. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Three out of four C-130 cargo planes in service with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) are in maintenance, a local Senator has disclosed. Photo: PAF Sen. Panfilo Lacson added that two are in Portugal while the other one is being serviced locally. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Two C-17s were fitted with the Lightweight Airborne Radio System (LARS), a radio to locate and recover personnel in denied territory, during SpaceX’s manned mission to the International Space Station. The radio helps the C-17 crew to pick up the survival beacon in event of an abort over the oceans. Besides the radio, each C-17 […]
A HIMARS Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) took place in Romania on Nov. 19 which saw two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with 2 launcher crews being deployed from Germany with help from 352nd Special Operations Wing. The 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade (41st FAB) was only reactivated recently and […]