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Bell Delivers First AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopter for Bahrain

Bell Delivers First AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopter for Bahrain

AMARILLO, Texas — Bell Textron Inc. celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sept. 30. Bell delivered the first of 12 production aircraft to Naval Air Systems Command as part of the 2019 foreign military sales (FMS) contract.

Foreign mi…

US Pacific Air Force F-35 Squadron Working to Reach IOC

US Pacific Air Force F-35 Squadron Working to Reach IOC

TYNDALL AFB, Fla. — The 356th Fighter Squadron made history as the first F-35A unit in the Pacific Air Forces to participate in the Air-to-Air Weapons Evaluation, Oct. 8-23, 2021. This is the second 5th-Generation platform to be evaluated on live-fire air-to-air weapons employment in support of Na…
First US Navy CG-47 Cruiser Completes Six-Year Overhaul

First US Navy CG-47 Cruiser Completes Six-Year Overhaul

After six years, the cruiser USS Gettysburg is out of the BAE shipyard after an overhaul that should keep the 30-year-old ship in action into the late 2030s.

The Navy has been trying for years to figure out how it wants to carry out its aging cruisers’ key missions: defending carrier strike group…

Crashed MQ-9A Reaper Drone Cost $42M, USAF Says

Crashed MQ-9A Reaper Drone Cost $42M, USAF Says

LANGLEY, Va. — An Air Combat Command accident investigation board completed its investigation of an MQ-9A that departed the runway surface at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, September 24, 2020, suffering catastrophic damage.

At approximately 7:33 a.m. local during the landing rollout, the aircra…


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