http://youtu.be/q2LSmpqAZ74 Chinese media has shown footage of the J-15 fighter successfully landing on and taking off from the nation’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. “Capabilities of the carrier platform and the J-15 have been tested, meeting all requirements and achieving good compatibility,” the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. The J-15, evidentally based on the
The RAAF and Pilatus are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Pilatus PC-9/A turboprop trainer entering Australian service. First delivered on November 24 1987 and having since amassed 440,000 hours across a current fleet of 63 aircraft, the PC-9 is in service with the RAAF’s flying training units at East Sale (CFS) and Pearce (2FTS),
Lockheed Martin has delivered three short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35Bs to the US Marine Corps’ Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. The delivery of the aircraft marks the the beginning of STOVL tactical operational training at the Yuma air station. Bob Stevens, Lockheed Martin chairman and chief executive officer said: “The F-35B is the world’s only
The first three production A400Ms have entered final assembly at Airbus Military’s facility in Seville, Spain. Our photo shows two aircraft for France and one for Turkey. A fourth A400M, also for France, is entering final assembly. All four aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2013.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight test program has accomplished another milestone with a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A achieving the jet’s maximum 50-degree angle of attack. The goal was reached in only four test flights and breaks the previous 20 degree limit imposed on test aircraft until controllability was proven. Lockheed Martin said
The RAAF’s six strong fleet of Boeing Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft is available for operational service after Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced today that Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the jet had been achieved. “Australia now has one of the most advanced air battlespace management capabilities in the world,” Minister Clare told a ceremony
