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Operation Christmas Drop exercise, conducted with US forces, delivering food, clothing and toys to outlying communities in the Marshall Islands. “Extra fuel is useful during forward arming and refuelling point (FARP) operations, where the crew land and offload fuel to another aircraft, vehicle or storage tank,” Commander Air Mobility Group AIRCDRE William Kourelakos said.
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth says he expects orders for the airframer’s in-development 777‑8X large widebody to start coming in once the first 777-300ERs near retirement age. “The 777-8 is really about the replacement for the 777-300ER,” Tinseth told Australian Aviation in mid-October. “And we’re not going to see that replacement cycle for that aircraft until we get into the next decade. So even though the -8 has lagged the -9, at the end of the day I think we have great opportunities, especially as the 777- 300ERs start hitting 20 to 25 years in terms of their age.” As at the end of October, there were 326 orders for the 777X family of aircraft with 53 for the 777-8X and the remainder the larger 777-9X.
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Still on the 777X, Boeing said on November 20 the program had achieved a major production milestone with the first fuselage section of the first 777X flight test aircraft completed. The aircraft has completed the “final body join”, where the nose, mid and aft sections are connected. Flight tests are expected to begin in the first quarter of this year. Boeing vice president and general manager of the 777X program, Josh Binder, said the project is progressing on schedule. “With the 777X, the production system was integrated into the development program sooner than any other airplane, and the team is doing a great job of hitting our milestones as expected,” he said in a statement.
And in more 777X news, Boeing has added the aircraft to its business jet BBJ lineup. The BBJ 777X would be available in both the 777-8 and 777-9 models, Boeing announced at the Middle East Business Aviation Association Show (MEBAA) on December 10. The BBJ 777-8 would have a range of 11,645nm and a cabin size of 302.5 square metres, while, the larger BBJ 777-9 would offer a cabin measuring 342.7 square metres and be capable of flying up to 11,000nm.
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Airservices Australia said on December 4 the Onesky joint civil and military air traffic management project has moved into the detailed design phase following the completion of the system definition review of the Civil Military Air Traffic Management System – CMATS – conducted by Airservices and supplier Thales. Meanwhile, Airservices said Melbourne, Perth and Sydney air traffic management (ATM) service facilities had switched over to the Civil Military ATM voice communication system, with Brisbane expected to switch over in 2019. “Achieving this milestone on schedule and with no disruption to existing services is an exceptional demonstration of how civil and military air traffic operations will work together,” Airservices chief executive Jason Harfield said in a statement.
A federal parliamentary committee has called for a ban on the use of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used for aviation firefighting on military bases, and the establishment of a coordinator‑general to manage the fallout from their use. The recommendations were two of nine included in the report by a Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade inquiry into PFAS contamination in and around Australian Defence Force (ADF) bases.
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