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MacKay Trophy For AFSOC Osprey Crews: A Tale Of Bullet Riddled Planes
WASHINGTON: Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Shea sensed no danger as he stood with his .50 caliber machine gun ready at the open ramp of “Rooster 73,” one of three CV-22 Ospreys coming in to land on a...
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It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! No, It’s Aircraft That Fly Like A Bird!
In the 1934 film “It Happened One Night,” fictional slime ball “King” Westley shows off by floating to a landing on the lawn of his fiancée’s daddy’s estate in a newfangled autogiro – an airplane with...
View ArticleCut Pay? Trim COCOMs: How To Act Wisely On Military Pay
Imagine a business that’s restructuring costs. The idea is to restrain employee compensation and free up money for operations and investment, thus allowing the company to grow. Everyone’s familiar with...
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Tiny Team Beefs Up Marines’ Comms To SOCOM
BALLSTON, VA: A soufflé is fluffy but a SOFLE – a brand new military acronym that stands for Special Operations Forces Liaison Element — is sinewy and powerful. Just ask Marine Lt. Col. Andrew...
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AFSOC Ospreys Armor Up After Painful Lessons Learned In South Sudan
When three CV-22s were riddled with 119 rounds of AK-47 and .50 caliber fire as they tried to land at Bor, South Sudan, 18 months ago to evacuate U.S. citizens from a civil war, four Navy SEALs in the...
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Gen. Davis Hopes To Keep F-35B Out Of War Zones Right After IOC
WASHINGTON: As the Marines started doing operational testing of the F-35B aboard the USS Wasp, the head of Marine Aviation is visibly and demonstrably confident the aircraft will meet the date for the...
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SP-MAGTF Commander Details ISIL Strikes; Notes 1st Marines ‘Could Clear’ Iraq
BALLSTON, Va: Since early November, three Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys and 26 marines have been on alert at Al Jaber Air Base in Kuwait, on 30-minute alert to fly in and rescue a U.S. or coalition pilot...
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The Marines Must Be Recognized: Rep. Jones Vs. Sen. McCain
WASHINGTON: Roman senator Cato the Elder ended every single one of his senate speeches with the declaration that “Carthage must be destroyed.” Eventually, Carthage was. Rep. Walter B. Jones is just as...
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Fatal Crash Prompts Marines To Change Osprey Flight Rules
CORRECTION: THE ARTICLE WAS WRONG IN SAYING THE OSPREY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOVER ON ONE ENGINE WASHINGTON: Marine Corps leaders have issued a fleetwide order to MV-22 pilots to wave off any...
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You-Ain’t-Gonna-Believe-This Design Wins DARPA X-Plane Deal
DARPA, whose mission is to develop cutting edge and even crazy edge technologies to make sure the U.S. military stays ahead of its competitors, did just that in choosing the winner of its Vertical...
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Magical Navy V-22 Buy: Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don’t
A recent University of Michigan study found that poor families often pay higher prices for necessities because they lack enough cash on hand to make bulk purchases at lower unit prices. This “poverty...
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Tiltrotor Touters Hope First Sea Lord Is Easy Prey
The decline in V-22 Osprey orders from the U.S. military in coming years means the tiltrotor transport’s manufacturers are likely to spend a lot of time wooing foreign military officers at the Navy...
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Air National Guard Units Interested In V-22 Osprey
CORRECTION: Multi-year contract three aircraft number restated WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) isn’t just wooing foreign customers for the V-22 Osprey. Deputy Program...
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V-22 Refueling Contract Highlights Close Ties To F-35
When the Marine Corps developed the V-22 Osprey in the 1980s, the vision was pretty simple: fly troops ashore in amphibious assaults launched from beyond the range of anti-ship missiles. Now they’re...
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DepSecDef Work Leads US To Farnborough; F-35B, P-8, & F-18 To Fly
PENTAGON: He won’t be there for long, less than half a day, but Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work will attend the Farnborough Air Show and discuss his Third Offset Strategy in closed-door meetings. It...
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EXCLUSIVE: Meet Bell’s V-247, Armed Tiltrotor Drone For Marines
PENTAGON: A sleek little model sits on the desk of Lt. Gen. Jon “Dog” Davis, Marine deputy commandant for aviation. What is that, we asked? The next tiltrotor Bell Helicopter Textron hopes the Marine...
View ArticleUnmanned Aircraft Systems West Symposium
Emerging Opportunities, Needs and Challenges Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) have seen a golden age in the last decade growing to an annual budget of $7 billion....
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Fleet Maintenance & Modernization SymposiumThe American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Fleet Maintenance & Modernization Symposium is an annual event, alternating between Hampton Roads and...
View ArticleUnderwater Technology & Surveillance APAC 2016
Asia is in the midst of a new era of military modernisation with submarines, and unmanned underwater vehicles. Given the current market tensions and vulnerabilities, many developing countries are...
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Bell’s V-280 Tiltrotor Is Part F-35
AUSA: Bell Helicopter’s exhibit at this week’s Association of the United States Army convention includes a full-scale mockup of the V-280 Valor, the new tiltrotor the company is building. From the...
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