Posted by Java Joe on October 26, 2020 · Leave a Comment
An instructor pilot and a student aviator aboard a US Navy T-6B Texan II were killed Friday when the two-seat airplane crashed in Alabama.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AH-1W Super Cobra, Arctic, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35, military exchanges, Millie Bailey, murder hornets, rockfish, RQ-4 Global Hawk drone, T-6B Texan II, troops in Germany
Posted by Java Joe on September 9, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords deployed last week from San Diego packing the US Navy’s new naval strike missile. It’s headed to the Indo-Pacific theater.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Boeing, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35A, facial recognition, Gabrielle Giffords, Hurricane Dorian, iranian drone, Littoral Combat Ship, Lockheed Martin, M1 Abrams, Mark Esper, mental illness, South China Sea, US Mexico Border, USNS Cody
Posted by Java Joe on February 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech tonight, Feb. 5, is expected to call for an end to America’s ongoing wars overseas, building on his recent comments suggesting troop drawdowns in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan war, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35A Lightning II, P-8A Poseidon, Saab’s Gripen, State of the Union, Super Hornet, US Mexico Border, USS Gerald R. Ford, vaping
Posted by Java Joe on April 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Nearly a year after the fiery crash of a Marine Corps Forces Reserve KC-130T killed 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman, most of the Navy’s C-130 fleet remains grounded. Only 10 of the 43 C-130s in the fleet are currently available for operations, according to NAVAIR.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Building Partner Capacity program, C-130, Dornier 228, Eurofighter Typhoon, European drone, Future Combat Air System, Geico Skytypers, KC-130T crash, Pax River Air Expo, Pax River Air Expo 2018, RADM Ronny Jackson, Rafale, RED Inc, Research and Engineering Development, S-97 Raider
Posted by Java Joe on February 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
VADM Robert P. Burke believes the Navy may need to offer aviation incentive pay and aviation bonuses to help retain pilots. “We continue to face challenges within some historically retention-challenged communities, particularly among aviators in specific model/type/series platforms,” Burke told Congress.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags artificial intelligence, Cope North, cybersecurity, Eurofighter Typhoon, John Gibson, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Pentagon aquisitions, pilot retention, RADM John Miller, Russian influence in election, USS Carl Vinson, VADM Robert Burke, Will Roper
Posted by Publisher on June 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Video of the F-35C arriving at Elgin Air Force Base, but the price tag is giving international buyers the jitters. GE Aviation could be cutting costs with its new aircraft engine from a 3D printer.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 3D printer, aircraft engine 3D printer, Boeing, China, contractor executive pay, cybertheft, EADS, Elgin Air Force Base, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-15 Silent Eagle, F-35C, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Paris airshow, Ray Mabus, S. Korea, UCLASS
