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Airbus A330 MRTT Certificated for Automatic Aerial Refueling

Airbus’ A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) has been certificated to conduct automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) boom operations during daylight, making it the first tanker in the world with the designation, according to the aircraft manufacturer. The Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) certificated the A3R system following a collaboration with the Republic of […]

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USAF Flight Tests LIFT’s Hexa eVTOL

The U.S. Air Force has completed another flight test of an ultralight, electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Florida in what the service says is a first step toward incorporating the unmanned aircraft into operations at a military airfield. The 10-minute flight of LIFT’s Hexa eVTOL occurred recently at Duke Field (KEGI), an […]

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U.S. F-35s Forward Deploy for Baltic Sea Patrols

U.S. Air Force F-35s have been forward deployed to join fighters from France and Belgium to conduct air patrols over the Baltic Sea Region, NATO announced Friday. Deployment of the fighters taking part in NATO’s Air Shielding mission along the Alliance’s eastern flank comes days after President Joe Biden announced the U.S. intended to ramp […]

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