Lockheed Martin has delivered the first C-130J tactical transport to be assigned to a US Air Force Air Mobility Command active-duty combat unit. The aircraft was transferred to the 41st Airlift Squadron, which will stand up at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, later this year as the service's first all-C-130J active-duty unit. Previous production examples have been assigned to Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and training units.
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Source: Flight International
Italy has followed fellow Eurofighter partner nation Spain and placed a long-trailed follow-on order for up to 24 examples of the multirole jet. Disclosed on 23 December, the order, placed via the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, will see the new fighters replace the Italian air force’s current Tranche ...
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
