Airscoop.For the Record The next-generation presidential helicopter received its mission design series designator of VH-71A on 7 July. A popular name is still pending. Training Air Wing 6 celebrated its last T-34C Turbo-Mentor flight on 22 June. Marine Transport Squadron 1, MCAS McCune-Albright syndrome (MCAS) A genetic syndrome characterized in girls by the development of ovarian cysts and puberty before the age of 8, together with abnormalities of bone structure and skin pigmentation. Mentioned in: Ovarian Cysts Cherry Point, N.C., took delivery of two UC-35D Encore aircraft, one on 18 May and the second on 20 May. Mishaps On 18 July an F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron 122 collided over NAWS NAWS National Agricultural Workers Survey NAWS Naval Air Weapons Station NAWS Narcotics Anonymous World Services NAWS National Association of Working Seniors NAWS NetworkActiv Web Server NAWS Nepalese Australian Welfare Society NAWS National Auto Warranty Services China Lake, Calif. All three aviators ejected, but one was killed. The pilot of an AV-8B Harrier II of Marine Attack Squadron 542 ejected following an inflight emergency at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., on 14 July. On 9 July, an AV-8B Harrier II of Marine Attack Squadron 542 suffered Class A damage following a gear-up landing and ensuing fire at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. An HH-60H Seahawk of Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron 4 suffered Class A damage when the fuel cell encasement en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. fractured during pressure refueling in Iraq on 6 July. On 30 June, a CH-53E Super Stallion The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (Sikorsky S-80E), is the largest and heaviest helicopter in the United States military. Sailors commonly refer to the Super Stallion as the "Hurricane Maker" because of the downward thrust the helicopter generates. of Marine Aircraft Group 29 suffered Class A damage and some aircrew injuries were reported when the nose landing gear collapsed while taxiing at MCAS New River, N.C., causing the rotor blades to hit the ground and the helicopter. An AV-8B Harrier II of Marine Attack Squadron 513 was destroyed but the pilot survived following a crash on short final at MCAS Yuma, Ariz., on 15 June. On 9 June, an E-2C E-2C Hawkeye; Navy Airborne Warning and Control System Aircraft Hawkeye suffered Class A damage following an inflight fire and runway departure on landing at an outlying field at Santa Rosa, Calif. An SH-60B of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 42 suffered Class A damage when it rolled onto its side during a postflight straightening evolution on board Nicholas (FFG FFG Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (German: Austrian research promotion agency) FFG Flash Flood Guidance FFG Guided Missile Frigate FFG Fall from Grace (band) FFG Fast Frigates FFG Freeware Flight Group 47) on 3 June. On 11 May, a T-45A Goshawk goshawk: see hawk. goshawk Any of the more powerful accipiters (hawks in the genus Accipiter), primarily short-winged, forest-dwelling bird catchers. Best known is the northern goshawk, which reaches about 2 ft (60 cm) in length with a 4.3-ft (1. of Training Squadron 22 was destroyed when it struck the ground on final approach at NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular Kingsville, Texas. The pilot safely ejected. H-1 Update During weapons accuracy testing in Yuma, Ariz., on 1 June, AH-1Z Super Cobra #2 logged the H-1 upgrade program's 3,000th flight hour, right. On 7 May an AH-1W and a UH-1N conducted the program's first shipboard landings, on board Bataan (LHD 5) off the Virginia Capes, below and bottom. The sea trials comprised 267 landings during nearly 30 flight hours, conducted both day and night. EDITED BY WENDY LELAND |
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