Planes Will Ultimately Be Replaced By F/A-18 Hornets
The last two Category 1 S-3B Viking pilots successfully
completed their carrier qualification (CQ) aboard USS John C.
Stennis (CVN 74) in March, marking the last initial CQ in an S-3
aircraft.
The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a $52 million contract to
provide more than 200 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to
protect Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against infrared
guided missile threats.
Capt. John Vargas, a 1996 graduate of the Air Force Academy, has
won the 2006 Colonel James Jabara Award, presented annually by the
Air Force for excellence in airmanship.
The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins for its
MH-60 Weapons Load Trainer (WLT) program. The program, valued at
$26 million, calls for Rockwell Collins to modify an existing H-60F
trainer and build four new H-60 WLTs.
Aerial strategy practiced by coalition pilots during Operation
Iraqi Freedom hinged on knocking out pertinent enemy targets while
preserving vital Iraqi infrastructure as well as citizens' lives,
an F-16 pilot who flew combat missions over Iraq early in the war
recounted.
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