Spain’s military air crash investigation agency, CITAAM, will take over the investigation into the crash of a A400M after a civilian team discharge itself from the probe.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (A400M – RIAT 2010Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The civilian team decided to withdraw as “the plane has specific characteristics due to its military configuration which they were unfamiliar with.”

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The U.S. Army’s 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment flew its final OH-58D flight on May 13 over Georgia with 22 aircraft.

With the mission now complete, if anyone is interested in sharing pictures or videos of the Final Flight of the OH-58D, such as the video seen below, please send them to lighthorsepao@gmail.com. OUTFRONT!
Posted by 3rd Squadron 17th Cavalry Regiment on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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Italian aircraft maker Tecnam has announced plans to explore developing a two-seater, single turbofan military trainer jet that has a similar layout to the Heinkel He 162.

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Besides the military market, Tecnam is keen to sell the aircraft for both the private and business aviation sectors.

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has decided that the JASSM-ER missile is the platform to fit the Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) payload.

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CHAMP allows a warplane to launch a standoff attack on the enemy’s electronics systems with bursts of high-power microwave energy.

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The Royal Armed Forces of Morocco said in a statement carried by state news agency MAP that a F-16 pilot missing in Yemen has died.

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The jet went missing on May 10 and footage of the wreckage has since emerged.

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A spokesman from the Australia Department of Defense has clarified that Assistant U.S. defense secretary David Shear had ‘misspoke’ on the deployment of B-1 bombers to Australia during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

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“We are aware of the comments made by a U.S. official in Congressional testimony overnight. The U.S. government has contacted us to advise that the official misspoke.”

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There are four trainee pilots taking the current class at Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Introductory Fighter School, one of them is a Qantas captain who took unpaid leave to try make the cut as a fighter pilot.

By Robert Frola (Flickr) [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

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