The US Navy announced today that it has awarded defense contractor, Northrop Grumman, the contract to replace the aging E-6B Mercury with the E-130J. The contract is worth $3.5 billion. The new aircraft will be built from Lockheed Martin’s popular C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter (specifically the lengthened C-130J-30 variant).
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Air France A350 Diverts US Transatlantic Flight Due To Denied Clearance
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- July 8, 2025
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On June 28th, an Air France Airbus A350 flying from Paris to Chicago had to turnaround after passing Iceland! The diversion essentially gave crew and passengers a seven hour flight to nowhere. The reason for turning around? Well, apparently, this fairly routine flight had NOT been given authorization to land in Chicago! We take a look at this strange incident for today’s video…