The three MCAS Yuma, Calif.-based F-35Bs that will perform at the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough Airshow in Britain in July will transit through NAS Patuxent River, Md., not MCAS Beaufort, S.C., as we reported on June 11. Also, their airshow flight demonstrations will not include a vertical takeoff. We’ve corrected our original entry.
A-10s Headed to CENTCOM to Bolster Air Force Presence
March 23, 2023
As the Air Force’s broader focus shifts to the Pacific and Europe, the U.S. military will rely on aging close air support aircraft to meet the needs of its forces in the Middle East. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs will deploy to the region in April, a U.S. official told Air &…