USS George H.W. Bush Departs for Sea Trials
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., for sea trials Jan. 27 after a seven-month maintenance…
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1,200 military members take part in Red Flag 10-2
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS)Â –Â Nearly 1,300 servicemembers, more than 80 aircraft and 19 units from the U.S. and England converged for the start of Red…
Boeing Delivers Record Number of Apache Longbow Crew Trainers in 2009
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered a record five Apache Longbow Crew Trainers (LCTs) in 2009 — more than in any…
Boeing B-52 With CONECT Upgrade Accomplishes 1st Test Flight
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Jan. 28, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that a B-52H upgraded with new communication technology successfully accomplished its…
First U.K. Service Pilot Flies The Lockheed Martin F-35
PATUXENT RIVER, Md., January 27th, 2010 — A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to…
The Thais gear up for Gripen
The first group of Thai Air Force technicians have arrived in Sweden for their initial maintenance type conversion course on the Gripen fighter. Training is…
Saab signs contract for air defence system RBS 70 to Finland
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract on further deliveries of the RBS 70 ground based air defence system to the Finnish Army….
Northrop Grumman's Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) Successfully Demonstrated Aboard U.S. Air Force F-16
Northrop Grumman Corporation , in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed a series of demonstration flights of its Scalable Agile Beam Radar…
Finnish Fighter Jet Crashes in Forest
A Hornet jet belonging to the Finnish Defence Forces went down in Juupajoki, some 200 kilometres north of Helsinki around noon on Thursday. The two…
Test squadron gets new leader
Cmdr. Brady Bartosh took the reigns of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 (VX-31) from Capt. Eric Holmberg during a change of command ceremony Jan….
THE NH90 NFH ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA
NH90 PT1 demonstrator The NH90 NFH starts a demonstration tour in Australia. The new generation NH90 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter) naval helicopter has arrived in…
Three G.222 now in service in Afghanistan
The Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) in Afghanistan now uses three G.222/C-27A tactical airlifters overhauled and upgraded by Alenia Aeronautica in its facilities at…
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