Posted by Java Joe on July 13, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the defense industry saw a gain in revenues in 2020. Defense revenues recorded in this year’s Defense News Top 100 list totaled $551 billion, up about 5% from $524 billion for fiscal 2019.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Courtney Hillery, COVID, Cuba protests, defense industry, Don Blottenberger, Haiti, Lockheed Martin, NASA, National Guard, Poseidon, Tammy Duckworth, Trojan Asteroids, USS Benfold
Posted by Java Joe on March 31, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Boeing intends to deliver most of the stored backlog of the 737 MAX by 2023. Deliveries resumed in December after a 22-month grounding; in February 130 MAXs recorded at least one flight.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 737 MAX, Boeing MAX, Col Chris Boring, Denis McDonough, Ever Given, James Lankford, Lloyd Austin, LtCol Aaron Rivers, Marine Sgt. Gunnar Naughton, Michael Schoenfeldt, Richard Torres-Estrada, Smartronix, Suez Canal, Tammy Duckworth
Posted by Java Joe on March 4, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Super Hornet flight formation grew out of a series of joint training opportunities for the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds held in 2020 and 2021.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Alexei Navalny, Avril Haines, Blue Angels, Cavour, CH-53K King Stallion, Confederates names, David Berger, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Little Foot, RADM Michael Studeman, Senior Airman Samantha Campos, Tammy Duckworth, thunderbirds, VADM Sean Buck
Posted by Java Joe on September 2, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The E-2C Hawkeye was conducting a training flight when it crashed northeast of Norfolk, near Wallops. Two pilots and two crew members bailed out of the aircraft safely and sustained no major injuries.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Cameron LA, Col Anthony Henderson, E-2C Hawkeye, Gen Charles "CQ" Brown, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Lake Charles LA, Port Arthur TX, Reliance Test and Technology, RIMPAC, sythetic aperture radar, Tammy Duckworth, Zenetex LLC
Posted by Java Joe on May 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Although it was announced Monday that the Japanese-built F-35 that crashed into the Pacific last month had been found, the US Air Force continues to deny that it has been located.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Airpower Teaming System, AVIAN, Boeing, F-35, Guantanamo Bay, John Ring, Loyal Wingman, RADM John Ring, Tammy Duckworth, trump, USS Harry Truman