COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard is assisting Colombia in dealing with dozens of wildfires. The country is State Partnership Program partner. To help emergency responders battle as many as 30 active fires in and around Bogota in late January, the South Carolina National Guard provided buckets to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. “We Leer másSouth Carolina National Guard helps Colombia with its wildfires[…]
Story by Naval Special Warfare Group ONE Navy SEALs members from West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators recently concluded a joint training exercise focused on enhancing operational capabilities and partnerships, December 15, 2023. The joint training included forces from 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 1st Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 137th Special Operations Wing, 527th Leer másNavy SEALs and joint force conclude training exercise[…]
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 11, 2023 — The U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) has awarded Boeing a contract to produce six remanufactured MH-47G Block II aircraft as a part of the Army’s modernization efforts. With the deal valued at $271M, Boeing has 42 MH-47G aircraft under contract with USASOAC. “The MH-47G Chinook has been a Leer másBoeing to modernize 6 MH-47G Block II Chinook to USASOAC[…]
Story by Ensign Jordan Sykes, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of USCGC Diligence (WMEC 616) returned to homeport in Pensacola after a 52-day anti-drug patrol in the Caribbean Sea in which interdicted six cocaine smugglers. Thursday, December 14, 2023. During the patrol, USCGC Diligence’s crew worked in support of Joint Leer másUSCGC Diligence interdicts six cocaine smugglers in Caribbean Sea[…]
PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 2023 — As part of a U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sale (FMS), Boeing received a contract to produce 18 CH-47F Chinook Block I helicopters for South Korea and other one additional CH-47F for Spain. As Boeing Helicopters continues transitioning to building the advanced CH-47F Chinook Block II configuration, the deal Leer másBoeing ends CH-47F Chinook Block I production with latest contract[…]
Fort Worth, TX (Feb. 2022) — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced its advancement to the next phase of the AFWERX High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) Concept Challenge, a crowdsourcing effort for the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Bell is one of 11 companies from more Leer másBell receives investment to advance DoD HSVTOL capabilities[…]
El U.S. Special Operations Command Recibe el primer helicóptero Chinook de nueva generación, el MH-47G Block II, dentro del plazo establecido FILADELFIA, 1 de septiembre de 2020 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] está entregando nuevas tecnologías y un aumento en las mejoras de rendimiento al Comando de Operaciones Especiales de EE. UU. (SOCOM, Special Operations COMmand) a Leer másBoeing entrega el primer Chinook MH-47G Block II al SOCOM[…]
