Posted by Java Joe on October 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The White House and Pentagon are looking for a new slate of senior officers to fill several key jobs with several senior military figures set to retire.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Applied Defense Solutions, AUTEC, Gary L. Thomas, Glenn M. Walters, Heather Wilson, HIMARS, Lorna Mahlock, manned-unmanned tests, military health study, MUT teaming, Ruben Gallego, single-stage spaceship, space force, VADM Paul Grosklags
Posted by Java Joe on September 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The mid-Atlantic region is expecting to be impacted by the approaching Hurricane Florence. Naval Station Norfolk is among the military installation taking precautions. The National Hurricane Center says it is still too early to predict the storm’s exact path.
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Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2017 · Leave a Comment
NAVAIR says the CH-53K King Stallion flew a 90-minute, first-of-its-kind, orientation test flight Nov. 7 at NAS Patuxent River for an Israeli Air Force official.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, CH-53K King Stallion, F-25, Hank Vanderborght, Heather Wilson, John Rood, Kristina Rickard, NATO technology, P8-A Poseidon, Ryan McCarthy, skywriting, Tricare, USS Ralph Johnson
Posted by Java Joe on August 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force is looking to keep its pilots so the service is increasing its flight pay for the first time since 1999.
Posted by Java Joe on August 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is ready to go to the Pacific — or any theater — should tensions escalate with North Korea.
Posted by Java Joe on July 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The 11th try was it! A Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility early last Thursday. Southern Maryland could see color explosions in the sky a few minutes following the 4:25 am launch.
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Posted by Java Joe on May 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Next Generation Jammer program has passed its design review during recent testing at NAS Pax River, NAVAIR officials say.
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Posted by Java Joe on April 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
RADM Mat Winter has been nominated to lead the Department of Defense’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program office.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has delivered an upgraded Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System to the fleet. The Tomahawk Weapons System Program Office has maintained the system since 2004 with incremental updates, but to ensure future viability, software modernization was required.
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Posted by Java Joe on January 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday freezing some federal government hiring. He said it would affect all employees “except for the military.”
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