U.S. Defense Contractor Prepares Tristars To Fly Again

Tony Osborne May 26, 2015
LONDON – U.S. defense contractor AGD Systems has purchased six former U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Lockheed L-1011 Tristars and plans to offer them out for military contract services. The West Palm Beach, Florida-based company, which has also developed an upgrade program for UH-60A models to the UH...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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