Raytheon announced the delivery of the 300th T-6A Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) at its Wichita, Ka., facility Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Gregory Feest, Air Education and Training Command’s deputy director of air, space, and information operations for flying training, accepted the aircraft, which is replacing USAF’s T-37 as the primary undergraduate pilot training aircraft. To date, the Air Force and Navy have ordered 418 aircraft, with 251 delivered to the Air Force and 49 to the Navy.
Less than a day after arriving in the Middle East, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April 2024. DUDE flight, four F-15Es from the 335th Fighter Squadron, downed two dozen Iranian drones in roughly 45 minutes.