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Feb 23 2025

USAF’s TOC-L Tactical Comms System Shines as F-35Cs and F-22 Raptors Roar During Exercise Sentry Aloha Posted by RSS Feed

Sentry Aloha 25-1 saw for the first time a team of Battle Management Operators relaying data aboard

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Feb 23 2025

NAVAIR Releases ‘New’ Rendering of Secretive AIM-260 JATM Posted by RSS Feed

The external shape of the AIM-260 seems to be the same we already saw in 2022 when the U.S. Air

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Feb 22 2025

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $1.5 Billion Contract to Support the F-22’s Engine Posted by RSS Feed

Pratt & Whitney secured a three-year contract to sustain the F119 engines which power the U.S. Air

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Feb 22 2025

Sandia National Laboratories Confirm B61-12’s Production Completion and Switch to Sustainment Posted by RSS Feed

Sandia National Laboratories will produce spare components until 2026, which it targets for the

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Feb 22 2025

Pratt & Whitney and General Electric Complete Detailed Design Review for Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion Posted by RSS Feed

P&W and GE successfully passed the Detailed Design Review of their offerings for the U.S. Air

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Feb 22 2025

NORAD Releases Photos of U.S. F-35s Intercepting Russian Tu-95s and Armed Su-35s Off Alaska Posted by RSS Feed

The Russian “package,” which included armed Su-35 Flanker-E fighters, was intercepted on two

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Feb 21 2025

Initial Operating Capability Declared for Australia’s UH-60M Black Hawks Posted by RSS Feed

Fifteen months after the Black Hawks entered service to replace the troubled MRH-90 Taipan, the

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Feb 21 2025

California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing Begins Transition to the HH-60W Posted by RSS Feed

The 129th RQW, located at Moffett ANG Base, Mountain View, has now received the first two new HH-60W

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Feb 21 2025

Flight Advisory (GPS Interference Testing) - Patuxent River, MD Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTING PATUXENT RIVER (PAXRVR) 25-03 26 February – 06 March

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Feb 21 2025

Flight Advisory (GPS Interference Testing) - Fort Campbell, KY Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTING FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY (FTCPKY) 25-28 26 February – 06

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Feb 21 2025

Flight Advisory (GPS Interference Testing) – Fort Carson, CO Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTINGFORT CARSON COLORADO (FTCRCO)25-18 26 February – 06

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Feb 21 2025

First In-orbit Photo Taken By Secretive Boeing X-37B Spacecraft Officially Released Posted by RSS Feed

The photo, taken during the X-37B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from low-Earth orbit. On Feb. 20,

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Feb 20 2025

The U.S. Navy Has Fired the Commander of USS Harry S. Truman Posted by RSS Feed

The commanding officer of USS Truman aircraft carrier was fired after the collision with a merchant

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Feb 20 2025

Royal New Zealand Air Force Seasprite Helicopter Tests ‘Penguin’ Anti-Ship Missile for the First Time Posted by RSS Feed

The RNZAF has test fired the Penguin Mk2 Mod 7 anti-ship missile (AShM) for the first time since it

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Feb 20 2025

French Navy Rafales and U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets Perform Cross-Deck Operations During Exercise Pacific Steller Posted by RSS Feed

Pacific Steller saw the USS Carl C. Vinson, FNS Charles De Gaulle and JS Kaga involved in a

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Feb 19 2025

Multinational Exercise Spears of Victory 2025 in Saudi Arabia Concludes Posted by RSS Feed

One of the largest multinational exercises in the Middle East, Spears of Victory 2025 saw the

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Feb 19 2025

Deployed B-52s Drop Live Weapons During Force Projection Exercise to the Middle East Posted by RSS Feed

Two B-52 Stratofortress bombers, deployed on BTF 25-2 to RAF Fairford, UK, performed a 24-hour

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Feb 19 2025

GPS Flight Advisory - Yuma, AZ Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORYGPS INTERFERENCE TESTING YUMA PROVING GROUND ARIZONA(YPG_AZ) 25-02 (REVISION 1)   24

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Feb 19 2025

JSDF Orders 17 CH-47 Block IIs as Part of Helicopter Fleet Modernization Posted by RSS Feed

The Japan Self-Defense Forces have placed an order for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks (Extended Range)

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Feb 19 2025

USHST Monthly Safety Report for February 2025 Posted by RSS Feed

US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) Monthly Safety ReportFebruary 2025 USHST Vision:  A civil

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Feb 18 2025

Newly Emerged Photos Show F-35C’s Mirror-Like Coating with Damaged Tiles After Intensive Testing Posted by RSS Feed

The photos, dating back to November 2022, show the second “chrome” F-35C with its peculiar

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Feb 18 2025

The Last Martin JRM Mars Flying Boat Flew for the Final Time Posted by RSS Feed

The last Martin JRM Mars flying boat, Philippine Mars, retired after a career of almost 80 years,

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Feb 18 2025

AVL- Runway and Taxiway Closure Posted by RSS Feed

Please be advised there is a scheduled a nighttime closure of the runway and taxiways on Wednesday,

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Feb 18 2025

FLIGHT ADVISORY - 2025 Joint Session of Congress Washington, D.C. Posted by RSS Feed

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATIONFLIGHT ADVISORYNational Special Security Event2025 Joint Session of

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Feb 18 2025

U.S. Army Deploys ATHENA-R ISR Jet to South Korea Posted by RSS Feed

The ATHENA-R will be part of a key four-month operational assessment to assess the readiness of the

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Feb 17 2025

Italy Has Already Ordered 17 AW249 Helicopters as Testing Progresses Posted by RSS Feed

According to Italian government’s documents, a prototype and three pre-production AW249s are

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Feb 17 2025

Damaged USS Harry S. Truman Arrives at Souda Bay for Repairs Posted by RSS Feed

Following its collision with merchant vessel Besiktas-M, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS

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Feb 17 2025

PLAY Airlines Hosted Inflight Wedding on Valentine’s Day Posted by RSS Feed

Icelandic carrier PLAY Airlines arranged a wedding to take place tens of thousands of feet in the

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Feb 17 2025

Ukrainian F-16s Are Now Flying Strike Missions with GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs Posted by RSS Feed

After initially flying only air defense missions, a photo of a Ukrainian F-16 armed with eight

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Feb 16 2025

Baykar Signs Deal with Indonesia for TB3, Akinci Drones and Production Facility Posted by RSS Feed

Baykar struck a deal with Indonesia to provide 60 Bayraktar TB3 and nine Akinci UCAVs, in addition

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