Aero-News has learned the US Navy and Northrop Grumman
successfully completed a major step in the development of shipboard
UAVs earlier this week, when two RQ-8A Fire Scout unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAV) completed nine autonomous shipboard landings on
board the USS Nashville.
The 1st Fighter Wing held a ceremony Friday to celebrate the
F-22A Raptor's initial operational capability. The event comes
after the 27th Fighter Squadron was officially declared IOC on Dec.
15 by Gen. Ronald E. Keys, commander of Air Combat Command.
Air Mobility Command has released the results of its
investigation into the May 15, 2005, mishap involving a KC-135R
Stratotanker assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Are Insurgents Using New Methods To Target US Aircraft?
In the wake of three recent fatal downings of US helicopters in
Iraq, the Pentagon is investigating the possibility insurgents are
utilizing new methods to target the helicopters, a senior Defense
Department official said Tuesday.
A Russian Su-24 Fencer fighter-bomber that went down Monday in
the Amur region of eastern Russia -- near the Chinese border -- was
likely brought down by a technical problem involving the aircraft's
variable-geometry wings, said a Russian military official
Tuesday.
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