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AFRL opens research altitude chambers, becomes force in aerospace physiology
May 31, 2021 (SPX)
At the Air Force Research Laboratory, ensuring pilots, air crews, and all flight equipment can withstand various pressures, is one of the missions in the lab's ...
Reduction in air transport emissions requires intensified efforts
May 28, 2021 (SPX)
A research study by the German Aerospace Center has now concluded that only the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) with a fleet-wide blending ratio of 80 ...
IG report: Air Force could have avoided $100M KC-46 redesign
May 27, 2021 (UPI)
The KC-46 is a multirole tanker aircraft, designed to refuel military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures. It's also equipped to ...
Biden blames China relations on 'silly balloon' shootdown
May 21, 2021 (UPI)
"This silly balloon that was carrying two freight cars' worth of spying equipment was flying over the United States, and it got shot down, and everything change...
NASA tests system for aircraft positioning in supersonic flight
May 20, 2021 (SPX)
The Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System (ALIGNS) was developed to prepare for future acoustic validation flights of the X-59 Quiet SuperS...
91 European airports vow to be CO2 neutral by 2030
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Airports Council International - Europe (ACI), an industry group representing more than 500 airports in 55 countries, proposed in June 2019 that its members be ...
Air Force, Lockheed start F-16 production for foreign sales in South Carolina
May 18, 2021 (UPI)
According to the Air Force, the F-16 Block 70/72 fighter aircraft will be built at Lockheed's Greenville, S.C., facility. "There are 25 nations operating F-16s ...
JPALS landing system reaches initial operational capability
May 18, 2021 (UPI)
According to the Navy, JPALS has been supporting F-35B deployments on LH-class amphibious assault ships with early operational capability since 2016 -- and can ...
Up-Close View of NASA's X-59 Engine Inlet
May 17, 2021 (SPX)
This visual is a closeup looking downstream inside of the X-59's engine inlet where, later in the assembly process, the 13-foot GE F414 engine will be placed be...
Pilots survive mid-air collision of training aircraft in Texas
May 17, 2021 (UPI)
Naval Air Training Command reported that two T-45 Goshawk planes of the Navy and Marine Corps training squadron VT-22 at Naval Air Station Kingsville "collided ...
First two F-15EX fighter planes join Alaska training exercise
May 07, 2021 (UPI)
Two of the new-model aircraft have been built, and both are elements of the Northern Edge 21 exercise underway until May 14 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ...
Some B-1B Lancers resume flight after safety stand-down
May 06, 2021 (UPI)
According to the Air Force's press release, individual B-1Bs will return to flight as inspections and maintenance are completed on each aircraft. Air Force Glob...
Blue Angels to headline Ft. Lauderdale Air Show with new Super Hornets
May 06, 2021 (UPI)
The Navy's legacy Hornets, which were a staple of air shows for 34 years, were retired last fall in favor of new twin-engine F/A-18 Super Hornets that are faste...
Militants threaten Iraqi F-16 program, Inspector General report says
May 05, 2021 (UPI)
The 233-page, quarterly "Operation Resolute Support Lead Inspector General's Report" to Congress, released this week, cites examples of threats and attacks on c...
Lufthansa jets don 'shark skin' to take bite out of emissions
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
In a joint project with German chemical giant BASF, Lufthansa will from 2022 equip its 10 Boeing 777 freighters with a newly developed film known as AeroSHARK, ...
Egypt orders 30 more fighter jets from France: sources
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
Investigative site Disclose, citing confidential documents it had obtained, said the deal had been signed on April 26 at the behest of Egyptian President Abdel ...
F-15E fighter planes deliver munitions to UAE
Apr 30, 2021 (UPI)
The planes are equipped with a carriage allowing them to carry up to 15 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, which convert unguided bombs into all-weather precision-g...
Lofted by NASA balloons, new experiments will study Sun-Earth system
Apr 29, 2021 (SPX)
The Sun sizzles at the center of our solar system 93 million miles away, but its influence doesn't end there. It exhales the solar wind, a continuous stream of ...
Boeing reports another loss, says 2021 'inflection point'
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
The aerospace giant, which has been in crisis mode since March 2019 when regulators grounded the MAX for 20 months following two deadly crashes, reported a $537...
Marines' F-35Bs arrive in Britain for HMS Queen Elizabeth deployment
Apr 28, 2021 (UPI)
The aircraft traveled 5,000 miles from Marine Air Station Yuma, Ariz., to Royal Air Force Lakeheath, on England's eastern coast, to conduct final training for p...
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