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JetPack Aviation completes initial Speeder VTOL trials
Jul 19, 2021 (SPX)
The engine gimbal and articulated exhaust nozzle systems, combined with the mechanical elements of the Speeder control system, operate in conjunction with the f...
A sneak peek into test chamber for X-59
Jul 16, 2021 (SPX)
NASA's X-59 is a research aircraft designed to take the "boom" out of the sonic boom with its quiet supersonic technologies and design features. The Low-Boom Fl...
U.S. Air Force sends F-22s to Western Pacific as message to China
Jul 16, 2021 (UPI)
About 25 F-22s were deployed to three air bases on Guam and one in the Northern Mariana Islands from the Hawaii Air National Guard and Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich...
Time between F-35 software updates increased to cut down on flaws
Jul 15, 2021 (UPI)
The development process for the F-35 Lightning II's Block 4 program has been "more flawed than expected," Acting Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Ray...
Black Hawk helicopter makes emergency landing in Bucharest
Jul 15, 2021 (UPI)
The UH-60 Black Hawk from the 3rd Battalion landed safely in Charles de Gaulle Square and was removed with the coordination of the U.S. military, the Romanian a...
B-52 bomber task force deploys to Guam ahead of Talisman Saber exercise
Jul 15, 2021 (UPI)
On Thursday morning, the Pacific Air Forces tweeted that Team Minot landed at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The Talisman Saber exercise will be in conjun...
Carrier Air Wing 3 comes home after seven-month deployment
Jul 14, 2021 (UPI)
The units, which primarily fly versions of F/A-18 fighter planes as well as helicopters and support aircraft, are known collectively as CVW-3. They arrived at t...
KC-46A tanker's capability increased with Air Mobility Command approval
Jul 14, 2021 (UPI)
The approval, formally known as an Interim Capability Release, is a certification enhancing the plane's capabilities in meeting refueling requirements of the Ai...
Jeff Bezos donates record breaking $200 mn to Smithsonian
Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)
A $70 million portion of the donation will support the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum while $130 million will launch a new education center to ...
NASA retires a research workhorse
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
"This is the last S-3B flying today anywhere in the world," says Jim Demers, Glenn's Flight Operations Manager. "It's been a workhorse for NASA, but we just can...
Testing maintenance and ground processes for future aircraft generations
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
Liquid hydrogen (LH2) is increasingly being envisaged in the development departments of large aircraft manufacturers as a sustainably producible fuel for future...
GAO report suggests F-35 sustainment costs 'unaffordable'
Jul 08, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. military projects spending $400 billion to purchase the aircraft and another $1.27 trillion to operate and sustain them, costs that GAO calls "unafford...
Turkish F-16s, troops join NATO air policing mission
Jul 07, 2021 (UPI)
They arrived at Malbork air base, in northern Poland, on Tuesday for a 10-week assignment with Poland's air force and other deployed forces in support of NATO's...
United States, Egyptian navies hold joint naval exercise
Jul 06, 2021 (UPI)
A passing exercise was conducted between and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group the Egyptian navy's guided-missile frigate ENS Taba. The PASSEX exercise ...
Air Force releases new rendering of B-21 Raider
Jul 06, 2021 (UPI)
The rendering is based on the actual aircraft, and an artist's interpretation of the B-21 design, with Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. -- where it will undergo t...
Death toll in Philippines military plane crash rises to 50
Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)
The C-130 Hercules transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent army graduates, when it overshot the runway on Sunday while trying to land on Jol...
Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon launch
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
Security sources with Hamas, the Islamist group that runs Israeli-blockaded Gaza, said the strikes hit training sites. There were no injuries reported. A statem...
First Marine Corps F-35C squadron reaches full operational capability
Jul 01, 2021 (UPI)
This is the first FOC declaration for Marine Corp, confirming that VMFA-314 is prepared and equipped to board U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, according to the Mari...
Air Force to move rescue, support training to Arizona, retire older A-10s
Jun 30, 2021 (UPI)
A proposed plan calls for transfer of rescue and attack missions, including A-10 Thunderbolt close air support planes and HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters, to Davis-...
Visualizing quieter supersonic flight
Jun 30, 2021 (SPX)
Currently, commercial aircraft aren't allowed to fly faster than the speed of sound over land because of the objectionable sonic booms they cause for those on t...
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