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The U.S. Air Force is testing drag-reducing devices called “Finlets” on MC-130Js with the goal of improving the transport aircraft’s fuel efficiency and range.
Air Force Special Operations Command is testing thin finlets developed by Vortex Control Technologies as a possible ...
Over 500 multinational paratroopers including U.S., German and French, began follow-on airborne and air-land training during ...
The mighty C-130 Hercules is heading out west to fight massive wildfires spreading across multiple states in the Southwest region. The MAFFS, or Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems, is a system that ...
A Marine who grew up on Lady’s Island and currently serves at the Marine Corps air base in the city is joining the elite team ...
Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing ...
Leonardo will provide the directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system for German air force C-130Js after Berlin opted for Elbit’s system for use on other large transports. Leonardo, in a ...
Lockheed Martin has decided to outfit the German Air Force’s (Luftwaffe) C-130J Super Hercules aircraft with Leonardo’s Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) system. This decision followed ...
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Amazon S3 on MSNUS Paratroopers Perform Hypnotic Static Line Jumps from C-17 and C-130
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the preparation and procedure in place for US Army Paratroopers when conducting aerial insertion, and the dangerous elements the operation entails.
Yet there are always those whose wartime stories are unsung during their lifetimes. I learned of one such story last month from Paula Stewart, daughter of Pathfinder paratrooper Milton F. Nielsen ...
Multiple safety procedures were not followed prior to the parachute jump in which Spc. Matthew Perez was killed, an ...
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