The Royal International Air Tattoo will be live-streaming the event on YouTube and Facebook this weekend for four hours each day from 1100 to 1500 hours. The event this year was canceled due to COVID-19. For the virtual event, air arms from 20 countries will be taking part with virtual flying displays, pilot interviews and […]
The Northrop Grumman Firebird has recently completed testing the Overwatch Imaging’s TK-9 Earthwatch sensor over a four-day period. Thanks to the open architecture of the aircraft, the sensor was integrated on the airframe in one day. The team carried out four 10+ hour manned flights for several data collection missions, including wide-area surveillance, pattern of […]
Boeing told FlightGlobal that its T-7 advanced jet trainer can be a suitable for air forces to replace their aging F-5 or Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet. Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand / CC BY-SA There are approximately 600 such aircraft still in service around the world, the aviation website noted. Thomas Breckenridge, vice-president of international […]
An Egyptian military delegation that traveled to China on two C-130s is in the news in Thailand after a 43 year-old man on the trip had tested positive for COVID-19 while the delegation was on a stay over in Rayong province. Information released by the Thai government said the flights, EGY1245 and EGY1216, arrived at […]
The U.S. Air Force has retired the first KC-10 aerial refueling tanker. The aircraft, #86-0036, was from the 514th Air Mobility Wing. A total of three KC-10s from the Air Force’s Backup-Aircraft Inventory were congressionally approved for retirement during Fiscal Year 2020. For more information, hit the Source below Source