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HH-60W Jolly Green II Begins Aerial Refueling Tests

HH-60W Jolly Green II Begins Aerial Refueling Tests

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — Approximately 3,000 feet above Eglin Air Force Base, the HH-60W Jolly Green II connected with a HC-130J tanker for the inaugural aerial refueling by the Air Force’s newest combat search and rescue helicopter, Aug. 5.

The connection marked the start of two weeks of developmenta…

Textron to Supply Two Cessna Grand Caravans to Rwanda

Textron to Supply Two Cessna Grand Caravans to Rwanda

WICHITA, Kan. — Textron Aviation today announced it was awarded a contract by ATI Engineering Services, LLC for two multi-mission Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft for the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in support of the African Partnership Flight initiative.

This will be the first fixed-wing aircr…

Another civilian-owned ISR aircraft has arrived in Japan

Another civilian-owned ISR aircraft has arrived in Japan

N334CA, a Beechcraft 350 Super King Air turboprop aircraft modified for ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) missions has arrived in Japan. 怪しいB350(N334CA)がPASYより飛来。胴体上下にデカいフェアリング、各所にアンテナてんこ盛り。そしてノーズギアと後部フィンにはレジとは異なる351の文字。久々にテンション上がる機体でした。#RJCC #新千歳空港2020/8/17 pic.twitter.com/UdFoGDKEki — Go●gleあーす (@STKontheearth) August 17, 2020 The aircraft was spotted at New Chitose Airport, Japan after a flight from Eareckson Air Station, Alaskan Aleutian Islands. It had apparently made a stop […]

Hungary to conclude NASAMS deal

Hungary says it intents to conclude a multi-part deal to purchase the National/Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS). By Ministerie van Defensie [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons The purchase is worth approximately $1 billion and is a mixture of Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sale packages. The systems’s Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air […]

MQ-8B crashes at Point Mugu

A MQ-8B Fire Scout assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 crashed at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu on Aug. 14 at 12:21 p.m. Pacific Time. The incident occurred after the unmanned air vehicle’s main rotors clipped a building at the air station. It was at Point Mugu as part of a training […]
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