Category: Notizie Estero

The U.S. Air Force has decided to relocate the AC-130J Ghostrider Formal Training Unit (FTU) from Hurlburt Field, Florida to  Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This is done so that the Air Force Special Operations Command to realign its training mission under Air Education and Training Command and consolidate AC-130 initial and mission qualification training at Kirtland AFB. For […]

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. […]

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 […]