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Military Aviation News March 23, 2010

JSOW C-1 variant successfully tested

Video: JSOW ER first flight. A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet completed the first captive carriage test of the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1…

Military Aviation News March 23, 2010

Red Arrows crash at Hellenic Air Force Base Kastelli in Crete

The MOD can confirm that an incident has occurred involving the Red Arrows whilst undertaking pre-season training at Hellenic Air Force Base Kastelli in Crete….

Military Aviation News March 22, 2010

HIFIRE: Five times the speed of sound

Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the US Air Force Research…

Military Aviation News March 22, 2010

GE ROLLS-ROYCE FIGHTER ENGINE TEAM HITS AFTERBURNER ON THIRD NEW ENGINE

Evendale, Ohio, US — The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully hit full afterburner on its third new production-configuration engine, continuing a year of…

Military Aviation News March 22, 2010

Northrop Grumman Returns Restored B-2 Bomber to Active Duty

“Spirit of Pennsylvania” is First B-2 to Receive Insignia of Global Strike Command PALMDALE, Calif., March 22, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)…

Military Aviation News March 22, 2010

BAE Systems Test Pilot Makes First Vertical Landing in the F-35 Lightning II Aircraft

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland – BAE Systems’ test pilot Graham “GT” Tomlinson has taken to the skies and successfully completed the first ever vertical landing of…

Military Aviation News March 22, 2010

Spain celebrates 10,000 flying hours with the Eurofighter Typhoon

The Spanish Air Force have reached a key milestone as their Eurofighter Typhoon fleet achieved 10,000 flying hours. The event was marked in a ceremony…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2010

EADS will assess new situation on US Tanker Request for Proposal

Leiden, 19Â MarchÂ 2010 Yesterday the US Department of Defense (DoD) indicated it would welcome a proposal from EADS North America as prime contractor for the KC-X…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2010

Second Airbus Military A400M runs all four engines

The second Airbus Military A400M, known as MSN2, has run all four of its Europrop International (EPI) TP400 turboprop engines in a series of trials…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2010

Royal Navy HMS Gannet achieves record number of Search and Rescue sorties

The Royal Navy’s duty crew of HMS Gannet’s Search and Rescue unit responded to a record-breaking total of 447 call-outs in 2009. Historically, no helicopter…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2010

Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds In First Vertical Landing

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., March 18th, 2010 — A supersonic Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2010

USAF Predator passes 700,000 hours

3/19/2010Â -Â CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS)Â –Â Airmen of the 432nd Air Expeditionary WingÂ reached a new flightÂ milestoneÂ March 12 when they surpassed 700,000 flight hours in the MQ-1B…

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