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 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 […]
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 […]
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command announced on Aug. 14 that military construction activities to support the initial beddown of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) will start as early as 2023. Graphic: Boeing F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming is the first site followed by Malmstrom AFB, Montana in 2026 and Minot AFB, North Dakota, beginning […]