Engine Problems Keeping The Airbus Military Airlifter Grounded ... Again
Engine problems will keep the Airbus Military A400M as a static display at the Farnborough Air Show next week, rather than conducting flying demonstrations. Similar problems prevent the A400M from flying at the Paris Air Show last year.
USAF A10 Test Flight Validates Military Application
Working with the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL), the Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Division (AFCD) and the 40 Flight-Test Squadron, renewable fuel company Gevo provided fuel for the first successful “alcohol-to-jet” (ATJ) fuel test flight, according to a company news release.
The Air Force fleet of MAFFS equipped C 130’s are back in the air fighting western wildfires after a one day grounding following a fatal accident over the weekend. Four crew members were killed and two injured when one of the aircraft went down while fighting a fire in South Dakota last Sunday.
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