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| 37° 7' 57.37'' N 76° 36' 32.16'' W | | Fort Eustis, Virginia | | ICAO: KFAF | IATA: FAF | FAA: FAF |
Fort Eustis / Felker AAF News |
23-Mar-23 - Since 1994 the US Air Force and Army have worked together at Fort Eustis, Virginia to train new maintainers on the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and now for the new HH-60W Jolly Green II #maintainers
29-Dec-22 - The US Army operates over 5,000 helicopters. The electrical components of them are maintained by aircraft electricians (specialty 15F) formed by 128th Aviation Training Brigade at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), Virginia #electricians
13-May-21 - US Army, Boeing and GE complete successful CH-47D demonstration program with T408 engines which offer a 54% increase in power. Valuable insights obtained to the benefits and integration risks of a re-engined more powerful Chinook #T408
06-Mar-21 - Kratos awarded $9M contract to upgrade US Army’s Chinook helicopter training systems in Ft Eustis, Virginia. Avionics and survivability equipment of the simulators will be upgrade to the latest CH-47F configuration #Chinook
23-Sep-20 - The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC AvMC) completed the first flight of a NCH-47D Chinook re-engined with the GE Aviation T408-GE-400 #T408
08-Jun-20 - Honeywell to demonstrate to the U.S. Army its new T55-GA-714C for the CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Fort Eustis. The all-new engine variant is 25% more powerful and consumes 10% less fuel #Chinook
20-Apr-20 - Boeing, GE Aviation and the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center completed another ground test of the T408-GE-400 engines on a NCH-47D Chinook to evaluate the feasibility and reduce risks of repowering the entire Chinook fleet with a more technologically advanced turboshaft engine #T408
15-Mar-20 - US Army 159th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) 244th Bravo Company “Freight Train” Chinook helicopter training in Virginia with the 359th Transportation Company #Chinook
30-Oct-18 - The Sikorsky/DARPA SARA (Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft, a modified S-76) optionally-piloted helicopter was at Fort Eustis in a first-of-its-kind demonstration to the US Army #Autonomy
19-Sep-17 - The US Army Aviation Development Directorate flew the Army’s final OH-58D Kiowa Warrior flight from Felker Army Airfield at Joint Base Langley-Eustis on September 19, 2017
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