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First Japanese V-22 Arrives at Kisarazu Air Field

First Japanese V-22 Arrives at Kisarazu Air Field

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The first international variant of the V-22 Osprey aircraft flew from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to the Kisarazu Air Field July 10, where the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) will now operate, train with, and maintain the aircraft.

Since 2016, pilots, crew chi…

USS Roosevelt, Regional Partners Exercise ASW Capabilities

USS Roosevelt, Regional Partners Exercise ASW Capabilities

NORTH ATLANTIC — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) demonstrated the newest capabilities in U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) during exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2020, a NATO-led anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise held in the northern Atlantic Ocean, June 29-July 10.

C6F…

Two Sicily-Based P-8As Take Part in Bulgarian Exercise

Two Sicily-Based P-8As Take Part in Bulgarian Exercise

SIGONELLA, Italy — Two P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 participated in the Bulgarian Navy-led exercise Breeze 2020, July 15.

Twenty-six maritime vessels, nine aircraft, and approximately 2,500 sailors from ten countries are scheduled…

German Eurofighter, RAF Typhoons Together on Baltic Operation

German Eurofighter, RAF Typhoons Together on Baltic Operation

A detachment of German Air Force Eurofighter fighters have arrived in Lithuania to undertake combined Quick Reaction Alert training alongside the RAF Typhoon fast jets already deployed there.

This opportunity has been arranged to enhance the current twinning programme that has been running betwee…

US Air Force Begins to Retire KC-10 Tankers

US Air Force Begins to Retire KC-10 Tankers

LAKEHURST, N.J. — The 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings bid farewell to the first KC-10 Extender set for retirement during a ceremony July 13 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.

The ceremony recognized the aircraft for its contributions to the Air Force over the span of more than …

US Air Force Tests New Silent Knight Radar for CV-22 Osprey

US Air Force Tests New Silent Knight Radar for CV-22 Osprey

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — Eglin’s tilt and rotary wing test squadron pilots logged their first CV-22 Osprey flight incorporating a terrain following and avoidance radar system called Silent Knight here June 23.

That initial flight using an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22, crewed by Majors Jo…

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