Category: Navy Aviation

2023 02 16 Beechcraft King Air 260 METS T-54A for the U.S. Navy 0

Beechcraft King Air 260 Multi-Engine Training System (METS) T-54A for the U.S. Navy

Textron Aviation today announced it has been awarded the Multi-Engine Training System (METS) contract by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) through a full and open competition. The contract award is for up to 64...

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) 0

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF)

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), on behalf of the Royal Navy, has received its final AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. The Royal Navy AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. (Photo by Leonard) The UK Ministry of...

Algerian Air Force Beriev Be-200ES (7T-VPV) 0

Algerian Air Force goes Beriev Be-200ES amphibious

After a long process the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza’iriya (Algerian Air Force / Force Aérienne Algérienne) has ordered four Beriev Be-200ES Altair multirole amphibious aircraft (water bombers) with an option for four more, following fires...

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft 0

USN FA-18E Super Hornet, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Atlantic Ocean

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft USN FA-18E Super Hornet, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) ATLANTIC OCEAN (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Brann) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft,...

New Spanish Navy MDD TAV-8B Harrier II 0

New Spanish Navy MDD TAV-8B Harrier II

A newly-acquired Spanish Navy two-seat McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier II trainer, serial number VA.1B-40 ‘01-999’, taking off on its initial test flight at the United States-Spanish Naval Air Station Rota in southern Spain, on...

RAAF P-8A Poseidon in Exercise Sea Dragon 0

Australian Maritime Air Power on Show

Maritime air power was on show in Guam as a RAAF P-8A Poseidon participated in Exercise Sea Dragon alongside Japan, Canada, India and the United States, from January 13 to 27. The exercise provided...

France 30 FCAS fighters for nuclear carrier 0

France 30 FCAS fighters for nuclear carrier

France From 2038, the French navy’s second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is planned to be operational carrying about 30 future combat air system (FCAS) fighters, France’s Ministry of Defence said on December 8. French President,...

Last USMC AH-1W Super Cobra retired 0

USMC AH-1W Super Cobra retired

USA The US Marine Corps held a Whiskey Sundown Ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 14 to mark the final retirement of the Bell AH-1W Super Cobra....

Ex-ltalian Coast Guard AB412 lands in Uruguay 0

Ex-ltalian Coast Guard Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone lands in Uruguay

Uruguay’s Ministry of National Defence announced on August 14 that the first of two Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone helicopters acquired for the Uruguayan Navy had arrived in Montevideo. Still shrink-wrapped following its delivery voyage, the...

U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet(203) 0

Pentagon Reveals USN F/A-18F Super Hornet Fighters Patrolling Middle East With Stealth-Spotting Infrared Sensors

Photos recently posted by the US Navy show its F/A-18F Super Hornets deployed to the Middle East are now carrying new infrared sensor pods capable of spotting stealth aircraft. An advanced infrared targeting pod...