The Rolls-Royce AE 2100 military turboprop engine on April 12 topped one million hours of service as the power plant for the C-130J Hercules transport. AE 2100-D3 engines power J models flown by the US Air Force, Marine Cops, and Coast Guard as well as the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Italian Air Force, and the Royal Danish Air Force.
As with previous stealth aircraft unveilings, the Air Force’s imagery of the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter has been doctored to keep adversaries guessing about its true shaping and design philosophy.