After nearly a year since its first flight with an uprated
powerplant, Boeing's A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
returned to the skies over as Victorville, CA last week. Flight
testing on the autonomous rotorcraft resumed November 8.
Four squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 will return to
their home bases at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana and Norfolk
Naval Station, Chambers Field, November 16 and 17 following a
seven-month deployment aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
This week, the Netherlands became the first of the partner
nations involved in the development of the F-35 to extend its
participation into the production and support phase of the Joint
Strike Fighter program.
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