Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada received a nine-year, $1 billion contract to overhaul more than 750 PT6A-68 engines powering the U.S. Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) T-6 fleet.
V2X awarded the work under its T-6 Contractor Operated and Maintenance Base Supply contract, continuing a longstanding relationship with Pratt &amp; Whitney for support of the turboprop trainers.
Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada’s facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia, has maintained PT6A engines for more than four decades. The new contract marks the location’s second engine refurbishment award for the U.S. government.&nbsp;
“This award is a testament to our 500 West Virginia employees and the high-quality sustainment support they provide to our customers,” said Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada v-p of customer support operations Frédéric Lefebvre.

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