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The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft for Belgium has entered the Fort Worth assembly line in Texas, the Belgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 14 November. The first parts of the first F-35A. ....
The Indian Navy (IN) has received six Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare helicopters. William Blair, chief executive for Lockheed Martin India, told that the first three MH-60R multirole h. ....
The UK will withdraw its contingent from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) early, Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey announced on 14 November. Soldiers from the 1st Batta. ....
Belgium grounds F-16 fleet due to engine concerns Primary tabs 11th March 2021 Belgium has grounded its entire fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters, meaning that the nation’s air defence duties have now been temporarily taken over by the Netherlands. The Belgian Air Component (BAC) revealed that it had grounded its sole fixed-wing combat aircraft fleet on March 9, citing that the move came after an F-16 “encountered engine problems” on February 11. During take-off, the Florennes-based aircraft (serial FA-118, c/n 6H-118) suffered a ‘nozzle burn through’ – a phenomenon in which pieces of the engine’s exhaust nozzle begin to melt and disintegrate due to high temperatures. ....