For the First Time, a General Atomics Gray Eagle STOL UAV Took Off from a South Korean Amphibious Assault Ship
The Gray Eagle STOL was transported onto the Dokdo disassembled a week earlier and, after a week of testing, performed the type’s first flight from ship to land. The drone…
U.S. Air Force Introduces KC-46 Tanker Demo Team
The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first KC-46 air display at an air show in Texas, recently. The 56th ARS from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, made history on…
U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East Inducts First CMV-22B Osprey for Planned Maintenance
With the start of the first Planned Maintenance Interval 1 service to the CMV-22B aircraft, the depot now services all three variants of the V-22 platform, which also include the…
U.S. Air Force to Withdraw A-10C From Korea Starting in January 2025
The service says it will transition away from the A-10C in Korea to focus on advancing fourth-generation fighter jet upgrades and enhancing fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft integration. The U.S. Air…
U.S. KC-135 Refuels RMAF Sukhoi Su-30 Fighters In Historic First
This marks the first publicly acknowledged instance of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker refueling a Russian-made Su-30MKM aircraft. A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington…
Airbus Reveals A321 MPA as French Navy Prepares to Replace its Atlantique 2
Based on the A321XLR civilian airliner, the A321MPA features conformal radar arrays, MAD, ESM and a large weapons bay as part of its ASW modifications. Dassault Aviation also pitched a…
