The Rolls-Royce AE 2100 military turboprop engine on April 12 topped one million hours of service as the power plant for the C-130J Hercules transport. AE 2100-D3 engines power J models flown by the US Air Force, Marine Cops, and Coast Guard as well as the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Italian Air Force, and the Royal Danish Air Force.
The National Garden of American Heroes, a statuary park being planned at President Donald J. Trump’s behest, will tentatively include the likenesses of U.S. aviation and aerospace pioneers including Benjamin O. Davis Jr., James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, and William “Billy” Mitchell—just to name a few.