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Weapons

A U.S. Navy Destroyer Has Shot Down an Incoming ICBM For the First Time.

USS John Finn Shoots Down ICBM Outside of Atmosphere with Missile Shot. The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) became the first ship to successfully shoot…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
November 18, 2020
Helicopters

Japan Begins V-22B Flight Operations At Kisarazu Marking First International Partner to Fly The Osprey

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) began V-22 flight operations at Kisarazu Air Field. It's the first international partner to fly the U.S. tilt-rotor aircraft. On Nov. 6, 2020, the JGSDF…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 17, 2020
Military Aviation

The U.S. Navy Completes Tests Of The New Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) Increment II Pod

The New Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) Increment II ACMI pod will replace the current TCTS/P5CTS pod used for training by Navy, Marines and Air Force. NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
November 17, 2020
Military Aviation

The C-27J Next Generation Enters The Final Testing Phase

Leonardo will begin the deliveries of the enhanced C-27J Spartan from 2021. The Italian aerospace firm Leonardo recently announced that the C-27J Spartan Next Generation entered the final testing phase.…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
November 16, 2020
Military Aviation

Boeing And Northrop Grumman Carry Out AEW&C Open Mission Systems Test Flights With CRJ-700 Testbed Aircraft

Boeing And Northrop Grumman tested new Open Mission Systems-compliant Airborne Early Warning & Control System on CRJ-700 testbed aircraft. The new technology concept will allow quicker and cheaper upgrades of…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
November 15, 2020
Aircraft Carriers

Awesome Split Screen Cockpit Video Shows C-2A Greyhound Trap Landing On USS Truman In The Persian Gulf

This is what a trap landing on the flight deck of USS Truman aircraft carrier looks like from the cockpit of a U.S. Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The Grumman C-2A…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 15, 2020
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