SQUADRON NEWS

Lockheed Martin To Build New Training Center For Binational French, German C-130J Squadron

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Nov 23^rd 2020 |

French and German C-130J® Super Hercules aircrews and maintainers will train in a facility located in France, built a...

AAR Signs New 1-Year Contract to Supply Landing Gear Support for Royal Squadron Fleet

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, May 30^th 2014 |

AAR announces an agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) to supply landing gear support to its fleet of BA...

Royal Air Force’s II(AC) Squadron foils insurgent bombers in Afghanistan

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Apr 10^th 2014 |

Two Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fast jets from II(AC) Squadron have yet again protected civilians and Afghan-led international forces on the ground by scattering insur...

TriStar Retires After 30 Years Service with the RAF

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Mar 25^th 2014 |

The Lockheed TriStar has flown its last operational mission with the Royal Air Force bringing to an end 30 years of service which saw the aircraft at the heart of oper...

US begins training sorties in Poland

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Mar 19^th 2014 |

U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, began off-site aerial training for the first time since their arrival at Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group here, March 18. T...

Exercise Moray Venture

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Mar 18^th 2014 |

Three RAF Typhoons from 6 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, will take part in Exercise Moray Venture at RAF Lossiemouth from 17th – 28th March. The purpose of the Exercise is to test the new operating facilities for 6 Squadr...

61st Airlift Squadron Receives C-130J Super Hercules

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Dec 5^th 2013 |

The 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., received another C-130J Super Hercules, which was ferried today from the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] pla...

AFA Awards Summer Grants to Civil Air Patrol Squadrons

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Aug 20^th 2013 |

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association today announced 20 grants promoting aerospace education for hundreds of students thr...

Embraer Defense & Security will convert the Super Tucanos of the Smoke Squadron

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Apr 11^th 2013 |

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Embraer Defense & Security and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) signed a contract, today, at LAAD Defence & Security, for p...

Pratt & Whitney Congratulates U.S. Marine Corps for World's First F-35B Lightning II Operational Squadron

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Nov 21^st 2012 |

YUMA, Ariz., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MARINE CORPS AIR STATION -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies...

Sikorsky S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" Tour Honors Squadron 2 Naval Air Wing in Thailand

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Feb 23^rd 2012 |

U-TAPAO, Thailand, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" (LOH) tour honore...