Fleet Recently Completed Its First 50,000 Hours Of Flight
Airbus Defense and Space has delivered the 18th HC-144A Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft to the U.S. Coast Guard. The latest HC-144A will join a fleet of Ocean Sentries operating from Coast Guard Air Stations in Cape Cod, MA; Mobile, AL; Miami, FL; and most recently Corpus Christi, TX. This month Air Station Corpus Christi turned over the maritime patrol mission to the HC-144 after the retirement of the last HU-25 Guardian aircraft.
Bell Helicopter will showcase the full scale Bell V-280 Valor mockup at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition, held at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. next week from October 13 - 15. Attendees will get an up-close look at the advanced tiltrotor and have the chance to learn more about the next generation of vertical lift.
Analyst Sees Potential National Guard, Border Patrol Missions
While Embraer and Sierra Nevada Corporation have seen success with the delivery of the first A-29 Super Tucano built in the U.S. for the Afghan Air Force, Teal Group Analyst Richard Aboulafia says that market is likely to be consistent, but limited in its growth potential.
Airmen with the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany loaded a C-130J Super Hercules with needed supplies and launched their first mission Oct. 7, to West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance.
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