AAR Tapped For Poseidon Maintenance | Lockheed Secures Deal To Integrate F-35s To Czech Republic

Americas Illinois-based aviation service provider AAR has received a $1.2-billion contract to perform maintenance for the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft fleet. The agreement stipulates depot-level engine and airframe sustainment as well as on-site assessments to maintain the planes’ operability. Tasks will incorporate technical directives, modifications, overhauls, and aircraft-on-ground support, scheduled and unscheduled. Work for the engine will be facilitated in partnership with Georgia-based aviation industry partner Delta TechOps. The Montana Air National Guard (MT ANG) conducted a groundbreaking training exercise on September 25. The exercise involved landing a C-130 Hercules aircraft on a stretch of US Highway 87 between Great Falls and Belt, marking the first time the MT ANG has performed such a maneuver with this aircraft type. Col. Jason Green, Mission Support Group commander for the 120th Airlift Wing, emphasized the strategic importance of the exercise: “We are working on skills we need to be able to engage with the next peer that we have, which is China. We’re proving that we could [land our aircraft] in remote places.” Middle East & Africa Air strikes and shelling rocked Khartoum on Thursday as the army attacked paramilitary positions throughout the Sudanese capital, eyewitnesses and a […]