The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence has taken delivery of the first of six Boeing C-17 Globemaster transports, in a ceremony held at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach, California. Three more C-17s are due for delivery to the UAE later this year, with the remaining two aircraft planned
The US Air Force has accepted the first production F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, with the signing of formal acceptance documents for the jet on May 5. The F-35, known as ‘AF-7’, flew to Edwards Air Force Base, California the following day, and will begin its extensive flight testing program. “This first aircraft is the beginning
Boeing has delivered six F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircrew and maintenance trainers to the RAAF. The training suite includes two Tactical Operation Flight Trainers (TOFT) and two Low Cost Trainers (LCT) for aircrew, as well as two Integrated Visual Environment Maintenance Trainers (IVEMT) for maintainers. The TOFT is the product of a collaboration between Boeing and
Six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets have embarked on their first overseas mission today (May 9), practicing basic fighter manoeuvres (BFMs) alongside their Singaporean and Malaysian counterparts as part of Exercise Bersama Shield 2011. Deployed from RAAF Amberley based 1 Squadron, all six Super Hornets arrived at Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base Butterworth on April
Embraer’s Defense and Security division has selected Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion avionics system to equip its KC-390 military transport currently under development. The KC-390 is expected to make its first flight in 2014 and enter service in 2015.
Boeing’s Phantom Ray UAS demonstrator made its first flight on April 27, taking off from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California for a 17 minute mission. During its brief flight, which followed a series of high speed taxis tests in March to validate ground guidance, navigation and control, mission
