2015-03-06 Recently an Atlas A400M of the French Air Force flew to the United Arab Emirates to deliver cargo to the French military. According, to the FAF: The A400M demonstrates a bit more each day its extraordinary capacity for projection. It can fulfill this type of mission without stoping…
2015-03-06 On March 2, 2015, the A400M Atlas touched down in French Polynesia. Currently, the French forces use two CN-235s to provide the means to link up with the five Polynesian archipelagos. There is a French Air Force detachment of 190 at Tahiti's Faa'a airfield. The flight from New Caledonia…
2015-03-01 When the F-35 is discussed, subsumed in the discussion is the evolution of defense supply chains. The F-35 is built around global supply chains, and the digital systems by which the aircraft is built is rooted in a triangular relationship among the digital systems used by suppliers, the final…
02/25/2015: United States Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force's maintainers work together during Cope North 2015. Credit: Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs:2/23/15 According to a PACAF story published on 2/19/15: by Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs 2/19/2015 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than…
2015-02-22 According to a story on the French Air Force website, the Atlas A400M flew to the United Arab Emirates to deliver cargo to the French military. [maxgallery id="74966"] The A400M demonstrates a bit more each day its extraordinary capacity for projection. It can fulfill this type of mission…
2015-02-14 Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) consisting of six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft continue to support Operation OKRA with missions in Iraq. Nearly 400 personnel have deployed to the Middle East as part, or…
2015-02-12 The A400M is being operated already by 4 air forces, with 4 more initial customers to come. It is early days but the interactive process of multi-national training will be a crucial aspect of shaping an A400M enterprise. A briefing provided in 2012 by the head of training for…
2015-01-14 Clermont-Ferrand is a key location for the maintenance of French Air Force (FAF) aircraft. [caption id="attachment_73790" align="alignnone" width="300"] The arrival of the A400M at Clermont-Ferrand for its first maintenance at the FAF maintenance facility on January 12, 2015. Credit: FAF[/caption] As the A400M squadron is stood up and its…