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Aero-News provides daily newsletter summaries, RSS feeds, and numerous personal and professional syndication and news distribution options to insure that aviators, the world over, are kept up to date on information of critical concern. http://www.aero-news.net/images/rssimage.gif http://www.aero-news.net Copyright 2013, Aero-News Network editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 EST Aero-News Network CMS 2008 News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=3c223f57-0461-4f64-840a-f487c95ccc5e http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=3c223f57-0461-4f64-840a-f487c95ccc5e Senate Passes CAP Congressional Gold Medal Bill A bill to honor Civil Air Patrol’s World War II veterans with a Congressional Gold Medal passed the U.S. Senate Monday night under unanimous consent after gaining the necessary co-sponsors needed for consideration. The bill, S. 309, recognizes the contributions of CAP’s pilots and other members who served during the war. Predating the U.S. Air Force, CAP’s services included flying combat and humanitarian missions under hazardous conditions. Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=8c157ecf-84e4-43a0-8627-133fcf6c3768 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=8c157ecf-84e4-43a0-8627-133fcf6c3768 Sites Nationwide Under Considerations Air Force officials announced Wednesday that Altus Air Force Base, OK, is the preferred alternative for the KC-46A formal training unit (FTU). McConnell AFB, KS, was selected as the preferred alternative for the first active duty led KC-46A main operating base (MOB 1) and Fairchild AFB, WA, and Grand Forks AFB, ND, are the reasonable alternatives. Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=a07258d8-00f4-401c-bd92-a515ae9866b6 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=a07258d8-00f4-401c-bd92-a515ae9866b6 Effort To Raise Funds And Awareness For The Special Operations Warrior Foundation A group of Airmen with the Air Force Seven Summits team reached the highest point of the world, Mount Everest (29,035 ft.) just after 5 a.m. local time May 19. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=076698bc-0034-46e0-912f-2891b62b9962 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=076698bc-0034-46e0-912f-2891b62b9962 Mission Will Be To Monitor Large Ocean Areas And Coastal Regions An MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft developed for the U.S. Navy successfully completed its first flight Wednesday from Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, CA. Triton is specially designed to fly surveillance missions up to 24 hours at altitudes of more than 10 miles – allowing coverage out to 2,000 nautical miles. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=2d49553f-49d5-465c-80b2-930aa75357b0 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=2d49553f-49d5-465c-80b2-930aa75357b0 One Calls Flight 'Easiest Tanking Event In My Career' The initial cadre of F-35A Lightning II instructor pilots qualified in aerial refueling last week, adding another capability for student pilot training at the 33rd Fighter Wing's F-35 Integrated Training Center at Eglin AFB in Florida. "Eleven pilots had flown 14 refueling missions across the boom with the help of a KC-135 Stratotanker based here all last week," said Col. Andrew Toth, the commander of the 33rd Fighter Squadron. "Prior to this, only test pilots had done so." Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c0ffa1df-8d53-46f1-947c-d225603c79a8 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c0ffa1df-8d53-46f1-947c-d225603c79a8 Local Annapolis Businesses Feeling The Pinch The cancellations of the Blue Angels performance schedule for 2013 did not spare one of its traditional outings ... flying for graduation at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=48d05004-def8-4133-8822-0bffd5add5e7 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=48d05004-def8-4133-8822-0bffd5add5e7 Air Support Operations Squadron From Will Rogers Air National Guard Base Activated Nearly 250 members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as well as members of Tinker Air Force Base are assisting with victim search and security in Moore, OK, where a tornado left at least 24 dead, including nine children, authorities said. The EF5 twister hit Monday, May 20, about 1515 CDT, just three miles south of Tinker. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=e9de4c0c-4b9e-475b-8855-6371a9aaa15b http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=e9de4c0c-4b9e-475b-8855-6371a9aaa15b Maneuver Performed Aboard CVN 77 The Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) began touch and go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 17. For UCAS-D, this represents the most significant technology maturation of the program. Ship relative navigation and precision touchdown of the X-47B are critical technology elements for all future Unmanned Carrier Aviation (UCA) aircraft. Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=d53aaec5-52dd-43c5-9f3d-3ba00b828f38 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=d53aaec5-52dd-43c5-9f3d-3ba00b828f38 Four Buried As A Group May 2 A Navy Pilot, missing from the Vietnam War, has been accounted-for and was buried with full military honors along with his crew. According to the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), Navy Lt. Dennis W. Peterson, 28, of Huntington Park, CA, was the pilot of a SH-3A helicopter that crashed in Ha Nam Province, North Vietnam. Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=5a429751-b95b-4a67-99d0-6ac1198d33d0 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=5a429751-b95b-4a67-99d0-6ac1198d33d0 Historical Fiction Set Against Invasion Of Kuwait In 1990 In order to succeed in his invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein needed weapons. Weapons lead to questions: who supplied them? Were multiple countries involved in getting weapons to Iraq? And to what extent was the U.S. government involved? Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=1219ff09-fc4c-4ff2-ab31-4ecabdc3ab3b http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=1219ff09-fc4c-4ff2-ab31-4ecabdc3ab3b Precision Targeting Capability Developed By NGC The Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) designed by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the F-16 fighter aircraft recently demonstrated its autonomous, all-environment precision targeting capability, which will enhance the aircraft's mission capabilities. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=161128de-692a-40fc-8d7a-21404d69ee41 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=161128de-692a-40fc-8d7a-21404d69ee41 Privately-Owned WWII Aircraft Will Sub For Grounded Thunderbirds The 2013 graduating class from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, won't get the traditional flyover from the Thunderbirds, thanks to the team's grounding by sequestration. But that doesn't mean there will be no flyover for the class. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=b9bdd8cd-6e8d-4763-a99d-08c7c087ca71 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=b9bdd8cd-6e8d-4763-a99d-08c7c087ca71 Effort Will Mark First Time Army Has ECM Capability On Unmanned Aircraft Two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army's Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system have been delivered by Raytheon. The payloads were delivered as part of a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy NAVSEA-Crane in 2012. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=2b688e6a-1d71-473a-9f67-ec5e4d15f207 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=2b688e6a-1d71-473a-9f67-ec5e4d15f207 Aircraft Noted For Ability To Perform Persistent Intelligence And Surveillance The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) planning case with the U.S. Navy for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The FMS planning case will help Australian defense officials assess the applicability of Triton’s capabilities to their high-altitude, long-endurance UAS for maritime patrol and other surveillance requirements. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell) http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=7876f66a-0392-485e-a957-c5fe1da42865 http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=7876f66a-0392-485e-a957-c5fe1da42865 Aircraft Operating In 13 Countries The worldwide community of C-130J Super Hercules operators recently surpassed a landmark 1 million flight hours milestone, logging this time through numerous combat, special operations and humanitarian missions. Thirteen countries operating C-130Js, and members of Lockheed Martin's Flight Operations and the U.S. Government's Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) teams contributed to this achievement. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST News Aviation Transportation