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Military Aviation News March 30, 2010

US Air Force officials release Predator accident report

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS)Â –Â Pilot error caused the crash of an MQ-1B Predator Oct. 3, 2009, at a forward operating area in Afghanistan, according…

Military Aviation News March 29, 2010

Lockheed Martinâ€™s DAGR Guided Rocket Fires Successfully From Kiowa Warrior Helicopter

ORLANDO, FL, March 29th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] hit the target in two tests featuring DAGR guided rockets launched from an airborne OH-58D…

Military Aviation News March 29, 2010

Alenia Aeronautica delivers second ATR 42 MP to the Nigerian Air Force

Alenia Aeronautica has delivered the second ATR 42MP (Maritime Patrol) to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The delivery ceremony was held at Alenia Aeronauticaâ€™s Training…

Military Aviation News March 29, 2010

Boeing, RAAF Welcome Super Hornets to Australia

AMBERLEY, Queensland, March 28, 2010 — The first five Boeing [NYSE: BA] F/A-18F Super Hornets for Australia landed at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base…

Military Aviation News March 29, 2010

Last operational flight RAF Nimrod MR.2

The Nimrod MR2 will mark its last operational flight with a flypast of airfields in the north of Scotland as well as Guernsey and Woodford…

Military Aviation News March 26, 2010

Boeing Completes CF-18 Hornet Modernization Project for Canada

ST. LOUIS, March 25, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today delivered the 79th — and final — upgraded CF-18 Hornet aircraft to the…

Military Aviation News March 26, 2010

Scramble of RAF Jets – Friday 26 March 2010

On 10th March 2010, two RAF Tornado F3 fighter aircraft of 111(Fighter) Squadron were scrambled from RAF Leuchars (Fife) in the early hours of the…

Military Aviation News March 26, 2010

Ten More Lynx Upgrades For The British Army

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Â£42 million contract extension by the UK Ministry of Defence for…

Military Aviation News March 25, 2010

First all-engine flight using biomass and conventional jet fuel blend set

3/24/2010Â -Â EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS)Â –Â An Air Force testÂ pilot is scheduled to fly an A-10 Thunderbolt II jet aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base March…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News March 24, 2010

Sikorsky Aerospace Services to Establish BLACK HAWK Helicopter Training Center For Latin America

BOGOTA, Colombia – Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today an agreement with the Colombian Ministry of Defense to establish an S-70TM BLACK HAWK Helicopter Training Facility…

Military Aviation News March 24, 2010

Weapons Division to test commercial jet for P-3C replacement program

Engineers at the NAWCWD Weapons Survivability Laboratory (WSL) added a new component to the P-8A Poseidon Live-Fire Test and Evaluation (LFTE) Program that could save…

Military Aviation News March 24, 2010

U.S. Naval Test Pilot School UH-72A Lakotas have arrived

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Capt. Thomas Huff, Commander, Naval Test Wing Atlantic (center left) and Lt. Col. Roger Cordell, Commander, U.S….

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