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Jan 12, 2025 · The U.S. Navy’s premier anti-submarine (ASW) and anti-surface (ASuW) helicopter, the MH-60R Seahawk, has shot down its first drone, marking a new milestone for the service.
U.S. Navy to Develop F/A-XX Next-Generation Fighter …
Nov 16, 2024 · An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the South China Sea ...
Rin Sakurai, Author at The Aviationist
Jan 12, 2025 · Rin Sakurai is a military aviation photographer and contributor to The Aviationist. Although interested in anything to do with post-WWII military aviation, he is particularly interested in East ...
U.S. Air Force E-4B Doomsday Planes Replacement Program …
Dec 12, 2024 · The first B-747-8i to be converted into an E-4C was relocated to Wichita last month for the next phase of work. As we have already reported, 0n Apr. 26, 2024, Sierra Nevada Corporation secured a ...
U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Hypersonic Missile Tested in Second Live …
Dec 13, 2024 · The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy are jointly pursuing the LRHW (Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon), which includes the C-HGB (Common-Hypersonic Glide Body). The C-HGB consists of the weapon’s warhead ...
McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle - The Aviationist
Nov 20, 2024 · A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 492nd Fighter Squadron of the 48th Fighter Wing releases a GBU-28 "Bunker Buster" 5,000-pound Laser-Guided Bomb over the Utah Test and Training Range ...
[Updated] U.S. Super Hornet Shot Down in Friendly Fire Over Red …
Dec 22, 2024 · Aircrew members ejected safely and were rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18F from the USS Truman was shot down in a friendly fire incident. On Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard ...
Lockheed Martin Developing New Collaborative Combat Aircraft …
Oct 25, 2024 · A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, conducts its second test flight with two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to 33rd ...
All the Highlights of the 2024 China Airshow
Nov 18, 2024 · The new fighter didn’t come as a complete surprise. Initially developed as Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC)’s private venture, the first version of the fighter actually debuted 10 years ago ...
HMS Prince of Wales Assumes Role as UK Flagship During …
Dec 3, 2024 · Liverpool is one of two British cities to be officially affiliated with HMS Prince of Wales, along with Bristol.The Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, just across the River Mersey, was the site ...