Story by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller, 109th Airlift Wing INUVIK, Canada – Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing lands an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation Nanook-Nunalivut March 5, 2025. Maj. Joseph Shanahan, the ski landing control officer, and a team Leer más109th Airlift Wing lands an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice[…]
PALMDALE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2023 — Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® and the US Air Force completed the first flight of the U-2 Dragon Lady’s Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) program. The successful first flight tested the new advanced capabilities aboard the U-2 as part of the ATR contract, including: During this mission the aircraft successfully performed a low-altitude Leer másLockheed Martin conducts first flight in U-2 Avionics Tech Refresh[…]
Hugo Ramos Base Aeronaval de Rota, Cádiz, 22 de junio de 2023 — Tras 51 años, un mes y siete días, la Armada ha hecho efectiva a partir de hoy la desactivación de la Sexta Escuadrilla de la Flotilla de Aronaves (FLOAN). 6ª Escuadrilla, creación La 6ª Escuadrilla de Aeronaves nace el 15 de mayo Leer másDesactivación de la Sexta Escuadrilla de la FLOAN[…]
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2022 — Sikorsky and DARPA demonstrated how a S-70 Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously and perform cargo resupply missions and a rescue operation. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army for the first time how an uninhabited S-70 Leer másSikorsky and DARPA flies the S-70 Black Hawk without pilots[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard celebrates 75th anniversary of the Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center Thursday at 10 a.m. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Adm. Steven D. Poulin, Coast Guard Vice Commandant, is scheduled to attend the event along with Vice Adm. Paul F. Thomas, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, and Rear Adm. Carola J. Leer más75th Anniversary of Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center[…]
Philadelphia, 19 October 2022 – The world’s first multirole tiltrotor programme, designed to redefine a range of commercial and public services, set a major milestone with the maiden flight of the first Leonardo AW609 production aircraft. This aircraft, produced by Leonardo Helicopters division, introduces unprecedented capabilities under a dedicated ‘powered lift category’ civil certification now Leer másLeonardo performs maiden flight of first production AW609 tiltrotor[…]
En la década de 1960 la U.S. Navy lanzó el programa Tri-Service V/STOL Transport, cuyo objetivo era expandir la flota con tecnologías más avanzadas que permitieran capacidades de despegue corto y vertical (V/STOL, Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing), del que dio lugar el Bell X-22. Antecedentes Puesto que Bell Aerospace ya estaba trabajando en un innovador Leer másBell Aerospace: el proyecto X-22 para la U.S. Navy[…]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Coast Guard personnel in Sacramento hosted a remembrance service Tuesday for the 10th anniversary of an aircraft collision between a USCG HC-130 Hercules aircraft and a Marine Corps AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, the 11th Coast Guard District commander presided over the ceremony. «Each day, across the Leer másCoast Guard personnel in Sacramento held a 10-year anniversary remembrance service for aircrews involved in collision[…]