Aviation News
The U.S. Navy marks a new chapter in multi-engine pilot training with the arrival of its first two T-54A trainer aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi on Apr. 18th. The T-54A, a modified Beechcraft King Air 260 designated for the Navy, replaces the T-44C Pegasus, which has served faithfully since 1977.
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Boeing’s production of the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets faces disruption due to an ongoing dispute with a key supplier, GKN Aerospace. GKN plans to shutter its Hazelwood, Missouri factory by the end of 2024, jeopardizing the production of “superplastics” and “flight-control surfaces” critical to both aircraft.
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Kenya’s top military leader, General Francis Omondi Ogolla, tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in the western part of the country, as confirmed by the president. The helicopter, carrying Ogolla and 11 other military personnel, crashed shortly after takeoff, with only two survivors.
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The F-4 Phantom, a mainstay of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) for over three decades, is preparing for retirement. Ahead of its official decommissioning in June, the 10th Combat Wing conducted the final live-fire training exercise for the legendary “Goblin of the Sky.”
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The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have achieved a significant milestone in the field of aerospace machine learning. Their collaborative Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program successfully demonstrated autonomous dogfighting maneuvers using an AI-powered system onboard a modified F-16 aircraft, the X-62A VISTA.
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