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Former Swiss-Owned F-5E Aircraft Modified for US Use
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.: Northrop Grumman employees today celebrated the delivery of their 44th modified F-5 Tiger for the U.S. Navy. In a ceremony at the company’s East Coast Aircraft Manufacturing and Flight Test Center, officials from NAVAIR PMA 207 accepted the delivery of the final aircraft under the current Navy F-5 Acquisition/Re-capitalization Program, which provided [...]
Fleet Readiness Center Completes Blue Angels Conversion Aircraft
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) recently completed its last F/A-18A/B model Blue Angels conversion aircraft. The “Last Blue” was flown back to the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration squadron in Pensacola after its final test flight on April 8. The aircraft was inducted by FRCSE at Cecil Commerce Center last year in order to undergo the [...]
Joint airpower show proves military might at Air Force Week
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.: Hundreds of Virginia residents saw a joint airpower demonstration firsthand during Hampton Roads Air Force Week April 22 along the coastline of Virginia Beach. The event included a simulated rescue where a special forces team called in airstrikes then ran into the Atlantic Ocean to be rescued by Airmen flying in an [...]
Market Trends Running Contrary to Russian Position in 5th Gen Fighter
NEWTOWN, Conn.: Russia’s fifth-generation fighter, known as the PAKFA (Advanced Tactical Aviation Aircraft), has emerged as a key tool of the Russian aerospace and defense industry even before the aircraft has completed its first flight. Rosoboronexport has aggressively pitched component production partnerships to a number of Russia’s largest arms markets in order to garner risk/cost-sharing [...]
New Navigation System for M-346 Advanced Trainer Aircraft
POMEZIA, Italy: Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by Alenia SIA to supply a newly designed navigation system for the M-346 advanced fighter trainer aircraft. The M-346 is a fly-by-wire prototype whose modern avionics could enable it to become a trainer for the new generation of combat aircraft and which has recently been selected as [...]
LITENING Precision Targeting and Sensor System Surpasses Milestone
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill: Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced the achievement of over one million operational hours for the company’s LITENING precision targeting and sensor systems currently deployed with U.S. and allied forces. “LITENING continues to be the precision targeting system most called on, indicated by the one million operational hours milestone,” said Mike Lennon, vice [...]
Airpower: ISR Critical To Mission
SOUTHWEST ASIA: Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations April 11, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and a coalition aircraft used strafing attacks to counter hostile fire against an Afghan National [...]
Air Force Officials Take Delivery of First ISR MC-12 Aircraft
WICHITA, Kan: Winning the fight from up high just got more advanced since the recent delivery of the MC-12 Project Liberty special mission turboprop aircraft. The MC-12 is the first of its kind for the Air Force and is set to venture downrange in May. Lt. Gen. David Deptula, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff [...]
Dutch, U.S. air forces train together in Netherlands
WOENSDRECHT AIR BASE, The Netherlands: Boarding an airplane can be cumbersome. Most cabins are roughly 8 feet wide and 6 feet high, with an aisle barely wide enough to fit a person and a carry on. Imagine navigating through the cabin in the dark, loaded down with gear. Add an element of thick black smoke [...]
