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 - March 1, 2021, 12:26 AM Airlines around the world have long ditched maneuvers-based training programs in favor of more progressive competency and evidence-based programs. In business aviation, most training programs are better suited for a 1960s Howard 500 piston-twin-engine aircraft than today’s G650 or Global 7500 business jets. Safety advocates from the NBAA are making a strong push to move away from those “cookie-cutter” maneuvers-based training standards and proficiency checks a...

U.S. Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force assets also participated in a mission thread involving the defense of Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This second demonstration occurred simultaneously with the targeting demonstration and tested the ability for the joint and combined force to sense and target unmanned aerial systems and cruise missile attacks against the base. Dutch F-35 Lightning IIs also participated in the demonstration as communication links between base defense arrays as well as ...

Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth made his comments about Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the new administration as well as a range of other topics during a 30-minute “virtual fireside chat” at the Air Force Association’s Aerospace Warfare,

The Tyndall Air Force Base is on a mission to repair battle-damaged runways as quickly as possible, with minimal materials, manpower and equipment. For the past three years, lab experts have been perfecting the technology, equipment and processes to deliver a capability called expedient and expeditionary airfield damage repair, or E-ADR. “E-ADR is like a mini version of rapid airfield damage recovery,” said Dr. Bobby Diltz, AFCEC Airfield Damage Recovery Research, Development, Test and Eva...

Resurfacing of Chambers Field runway at Naval Station Norfolk starts Monday Airport will be closed to fixed-wing aircraft and last updated 2021-02-28 09:59:42-05 NORFOLK, Va. - All the Navys Hawkeye and Greyhound aircraft that call Naval Station Norfolk home will temporarily shift to Naval Air Station Oceana as a major resurfacing of the runway at Chambers Field gets underway. The $16.9 million dollar project is set to start Monday and includes resurfacing the runway, updating the electrical ...

AIr Force clears KC-46A for limited, non-combat refueling By (0) The KC-46 to the Air Force, shown here in January 2018, was cleared for some non-combat refueling this week. Photo courtesy of Boeing Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Air Force has cleared the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker for limited, non-combat flights, officials said this week. The tanker still needs a new refueling system, new boom, and more testing with some of the militarys key aircraft, and those modifications will keep the tankers a...

The 61st Airlift Squadron concluded a weeklong, organically generated exercise, Feb. 20, demonstrating the effectiveness of Agile Combat Employment (ACE) tactics, techniques and procedures focused on Mobility Air Force and Combat Air Force integration. ,

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron offload a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Light from a C-17 Globemaster III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 3, 2020. The NPC-Light is an isolated containment chamber designed to transport individuals with infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lauren Parsons) Shown is the antechamber entrance of a Negatively Pressurized Conex, or NPC. The antechamber separates the cargo area of the a...

Air Mobility Command backs KC-46 for limited operational missions, Spirit AeroSystems sees defense surge, California F-117A sighting confirms expanding role, SPAC deal funds Joby through UAM scale-up and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news powered by Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN).   AWIN members can log in to view the full-length articles. 

The KC-46s chief problem is a glitch in its Remote Vision System, or RVS, software, which does not allow a clear visual of the boom connecting to another aircraft. The Air Force continues to work with manufacturer Boeing Co. to fix the troubled tanker, which was first delivered in January 2019 despite that problem. The service reached an agreement last April with Boeing on the final RVS redesign, known as RVS 2.0. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, head of AMC, said that, while the KC-46 still isnt rea...