The U.S. Navy’s UX-24 squadron is preparing to start testing of the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 Osprey radar on the MQ-8C unmanned helicopter. Photo: U.S. Navy This surface warfare (SUW) upgrade to the MQ-8C will match the Osprey radar with the BRITE Star Block II (BSBII) targeting turret for over-the-horizon targeting to the Naval Strike Missile installed […]
A Eurofighter detachment from Luftwaffe’s Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 “Richthofen” is now in Lithuania for joint Quick Reaction Alert training alongside the Eurofighters from the Royal Air Force (RAF). Photo: RAF The training is part of the Eurofighter Interoperability Enhancement program under the two air arms. The Germans will work together with the 135 Expeditionary Air […]
The U.S. Navy says the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups dual carrier operations in the South China Sea is still ongoing. The latest statement said both groups “continued high-end dual-carrier exercises in the South China Sea, July 17.” The Navy had announced on Jul. 6 that both groups had started […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team has been grounded after some team members were tested positive for COVID-19. US Air Force from USA / Public domain The service says none of those infected were pilots and team will not be performing in Cheyenne next week. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Two good news for the amphibious forces of the U.S. Navy. First, USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the second America-class amphibious assault ship, has been commissioned into service. Second, all fires aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) has been extinguished on Jul. 16. Rear Adm. Philip E. Sobeck Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, says fire teams […]