Logged 600th Deployed Flight Hour On The Last Day Of March
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed another milestone in March when the MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter completed its 600th deployed flight hour while embarked on USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49). The unmanned helicopter, part of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, logged its 600th deployed flight hour March 31. This record exceeds the previous Fire Scout deployment milestone by 100 hours.
A Second Super Hercules Is Set To Be Delivered There Next Year
The first C-130J Super Hercules to be delivered to the Republic of Tunisia landed Thursday, marking the first delivery to any African country. Lockheed Martin signed a contract in 2010 with Tunisia to deliver two C-130Js between 2013 and 2014, in addition to providing training and an initial three years of logistics support.
In a recent training mission, four KC-10 Extenders from the 305th Air Mobility Wing headquartered at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J flew to a rendezvous point to meet with four KC-135 Stratotankers from the 6th Air Mobility Wing out of MacDill Air Force Base, FL. The KC-10s and the KC-135s flew to a designated point in a straight line a mile behind and 1000 feet above the preceding aircraft, in what is known as an En Route-Trail Formation.
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