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The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 145
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Turkey rolls out first TF-X stealth fighter prototype
As Turkey continues to demonstrate the growing might of its domestic aerospace/defence industry, Turkish Aerospace Industries – the nation’s largest aircraft manufacturer – publicly unveiled the first prototype of its new fifth-generation stealth fighter, the National Combat Aircraft (MMU) during a ceremony in Ankara on May 1
Denmark receives another F-35A Lightning II
The Royal Danish Air Force took delivery of another Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II at Luke AFB in Arizona on April 12; increasing the number of aircraft delivered to Denmark to date to seven airframes
Back to Barksdale: USAF B-52Hs return from Indo-Pacific
Having operated from Andersen AFB in Guam since March, four B-52H Stratofortress bombers and approximately 190 personnel from the USAF’s 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron have returned home to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; marking the end of another Bomber Task Force deployment to the Indo-Pacific region
The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 144
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Robins AFB receives first E-11A BACN
The first Bombardier E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) for the USAF’s newly activated 18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (ACCS) was delivered to Robins AFB in Georgia on April 24
Zambian Air Force acquires two Enstrom 480B helicopters
The US-based Enstrom Helicopter Corporation announced on April 17 that it has sold two turbine-powered 480B helicopters to the Zambian Air Force, which will employ the rotorcraft for both training and utility missions
The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 143
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US Navy completes second sea trial with CH-53K King Stallion
The US Navy revealed on April 5 that the USMC’s new heavy-lift transport helicopter, the CH-53K King Stallion, had successfully completed another sea trial while operating aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Arlington (LPD-24), in the Atlantic Ocean in February
Australia enhances Air Force, Navy integration in Tasman Shield 23
Exercise Tasman Shield – a major training event that tested the ability of the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy to work together on integrated missions – concluded off the east coast of Australia on April 3