A new infra-red search and track (IRST) system for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has commenced flight trials in the US. The system, designed by Lockheed Martin and developed from the IRST used on the F-14D Tomcat, has been adapted to fit in the front half of a Super Hornet centreline auxiliary fuel tank. The sensor allows
Northrop Grumman has successfully flown a second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter at the US Navy’s Point Mugu test facility in California. The aircraft joins the first example which first flew last October and has since completed 41 test flights totally 66 hours. “The addition of the second MQ-8C means we can begin testing on
Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Geoff Brown and Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston have formally welcomed home more than 100 RAAF personnel who had been deployed to Multi National Base – Tarin Kot (MNB-TK) in Afghanistan. The formal ceremony at RAAF Base Amberley on February 14 follows the closure of MNB-TK in December, and
The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has formally inducted a squadron of 16 Korean Aerospace T-50i Golden Eagle advanced trainers into service. In a ceremony attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, the aircraft were handed over to the TNI-AU by the Ministry of Defence on February 13 for service with 15
Kuwait has taken delivery of its first Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport. The aircraft, painted in a striking gloss white over grey scheme, is the 260th C-17 to be delivered, and only the second to wear a scheme different to the standard drab dark grey after one of Qatar’s examples. “The C-17 meets the unique airlift
The UK Ministry of Defence has grounded the RAF’s Airbus Voyager KC2 and KC3 MRTTs following a sudden loss of altitude of one of their growing fleet on February 10. The aircraft was reportedly flying at 38,000 feet during a transport mission from the UK to Afghanistan when it suddenly lost altitude over Turkey, and
