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Tigertails Become First U.S. Navy Squadron to Operate the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
The first East Coast squadron to receive the E-2B Hawkeye in 1968 became the first U.S. Navy squadron to receive …
Dual-Mode Brimstone UAV Launches a Success
During Operation Odyssey Dawn, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s struck Libyan regime targets with more than 120 Dual-Mode Brimstones at …
Italian Air Force’s HH-101A Caesar Makes Maiden Flight
The Italian Air Force’s first AgustaWestland HH-101A made its maiden flight at AgustaWestland’s facility in Yeovil, U.K., on March 19. …
First Israeli M-346 Advanced Trainer Aircraft Rolls Out
Less than two years after the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) inked a contract with Alenia Aermacchi for 30 M-346 …
First F-35B STOVL Mode Formation Flight
On Feb. 11, two F-35B Lightning IIs conducted the first close formation flight in the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode. …
Book Review – Area 51 Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America’s Secret Aviation Base
Billed as the “first fully-illustrated history of Area 51,” Area 51 Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at …
Book Review – X-15: The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age
In the annals of experimental aircraft, the X-15 is not as revered or as remembered as the Bell X-1, which …
Modernized M9 Armored Combat Earthmover Joins the U.S. Marine Corps
Although the hull may look the same, the four overhauled M9 Armored Combat Earthmovers (ACE) that arrived at Camp Lejeune, …
Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Demonstrator Makes First Flight
The Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet was built to ensure that high-powered executives travel in style. However, the one that …