U.S. Marines Buy 22 F-5s From Switzerland
The Marine Corps paid a little less than $1.5 million each for the Cold War speedsters, which will now be used as adversarial training aircraft.
The Marine Corps paid a little less than $1.5 million each for the Cold War speedsters, which will now be used as adversarial training aircraft.
The versatile aircraft will serve as fire tankers.
The aircraft features a new flight management system and improves interoperability across the fleet, according to Lockheed Martin.
Four crew members on board the Jayhawk were injured, two seriously, in the incident.
The 26,400-nautical-mile, round-trip flight delivering an observatory to McMurdo Station took nearly a year to organize, according to the space agency.
The U.S. continues ‘surging support’ to Israel as defense officials worry of a second front opening along its northern border.
The cracks in the propeller assembly were discovered after a technician noticed a persistent leak on a C-130H propeller, the Air Force said.
Wave testing of modifications that turn the Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) clandestine cargo aircraft into virtual seaplanes capable of water take offs and landings is currently underway, according to a top command official.
The U.S. Air Force has partnered with Merlin Labs to flight test a Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules using an autonomous co-pilot.
Despite lack of representation in pilot training, USAF C-130 pilot Capt. Thessa Washington persevered to become one of only two Black pilots in her unit.