An Air Force C-130J assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron? crashed at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, around 12 a.m. local time on Oct. 2, killing the six US crewmembers and five civilian passengers, according to an Air Forces Central Command release. “First responders are on scene. The cause of the accident is currently under investigation,” states the release. There were no reports of hostile fire at the time of the crash, reported NBC News.
Lockheed Martin plans to enter the Advanced Tactical Trainer fray to supply the Air Force with a new jet to bridge between undergraduate flight instruction and fighter training units, but declined to say whether it will offer a T-50A derivative, a different non-developmental airplane, or a clean-sheet design. It's comments…