Month: July 2023

Boeing Begins Block III Upgrades On U.S. Navy’s Super Hornets

[ad_1] The first F/A-18 arrives at St. Louis airport to be upgraded from the Block II to the Block III configuration. (Screenshot from Boeing’s video) The U.S. Navy delivered to Boeing the first Block II aircraft that will be upgraded to the new Block III configuration. With a short video clip released on social media, …

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Watch A B-52 Destroy Runway Lights While Taxiing Askew During ‘Crabwalk’ At RAF Fairford

[ad_1] The B-52 during the crabwalk on Jul. 16, 2023. (Image: screenshot from Misael Hernandez Ocasio video) After its display at RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo), the B-52 Stratofortress bomber hit 18 runway lights with the outrigger wheel. As usual, one of the highlights of RIAT 2023’s flying display this year was the U.S. Air …

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U.S. Navy P-8A Aircraft Operates Over Taiwan Strait Sparking Chinese Protest

[ad_1] File photo of a P-8A Poseidon (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike DiMestico/Released). In the boxes, two FR24.com screenshots. China protested after a U.S. Navy P-8, tracking online, flew over Taiwan Strait. On Jul. 13, 2023, at around 03.00AM UTC (11.00AM LT), a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon, flew through the …

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Watch This: U.S. HH-60G Pave Hawks Carry Out Live-Fire Exercise in Hungary

[ad_1] Two HH-60G helicopters re-arm during exercise Jolly Vihar (Credit: Benedek Levente/combatant.blog.hu/) The most recent iteration of Jolly Vihar saw three Pave Hawks from Aviano Air Base, Italy, deploy to Pápa Air Base, Hungary. From June 26 to July 7, 2023, three HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters belonging to the 56th Rescue Squadron from Aviano Air …

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Exclusive: Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Aircraft Program Has A New Logo

[ad_1] The silhouette of the LM’s next generation aircraft and the logo associated with the program. (TheAviationist using LM images) The mysterious silhouette of a next generation aircraft featured in an Instagram story earlier this month is associated with a new logo also teased online recently. As we have reported in details, on Jul. 1, …

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New Unsafe Interaction Between Russian And Coalition Aircraft In Syria

[ad_1] A frame from AFCENT’s video showing the Russian aircraft dropping flares in front of the MQ-9 and a picture released by the French armed forces showing the Su-35 crossing the Rafale’s path. A day after the previous incident, a new one is being reported and it involves US MQ-9s and French Rafales. For the …

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Here Are All The Most Interesting Military News From Paris Air Show 2023

[ad_1] The Dassault Rafale on display at Le Bourget (All images: Author, unless otherwise stated) We have attended the 54th International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. After four years the aircraft industry reunited again at Le Bourget, for the 54th Paris Air Show. A total of 380,000 visitors gathered at the show ground during …

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