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The news comes six months after Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner deliveries were first halted due to manufacturing issues near the nose, impacted by the company’s shimming process.

In 2020, Lockheed Martin was selected by the US Air Force to oversee the US$900 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the F-16 Sustainment Depot program, receiving the first aircraft received for maintenance at the company’s South Carolina facility early 2021.

Parts of the East Coast were hit by a blizzard like storm called a Nor’easter, which plunged several states such as New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island and Virginia into an emergency.

In a press release on Thursday, the low-cost carrier reported a fourth quarter net income of US$68 million including special items, with a full year net income of US$977 million.

The aircraft will initially be used aboard the US Navy’s USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) by Sea Combat Squadron 22, Detachment 5.

The British Army’s Wattisham Flying Station has received 14 new AH-64E Apaches over the last few months, with a further 36 due to arrive by mid-2024.