By Kate Sarsfield at Farnborough air show
Raytheon unveiled at the show a light combat version of its T-6B military trainer, called the AT-6. The aircraft will be equipped with a variety of quick-change plug-and-play mission modules for a variety of roles in a "network centric environment", the company says.
Source: Flight International
Ottawa will station a portion of its new Airbus A330-based aerial refuelling fleet at Edmonton International airport in Alberta province, expanding upon the existing tanker base in Trenton, Ontario.
The twin-engined turboprop is replacing the aged Beechcraft T-44C used by the navy as a training platform for multi-engined and tiltrotor pilot candidates.
Lockheed Martin F-35C fighters from the US Marine Corps took part in recent US strikes against targets in Yemen, marking the first known combat flight for the carrier-based variant of the stealth fighter.
