May 06, 2010 Military Aviation News
05/06/2010
Canadian firm Viking Air of Sidney, BC achieved a double-breakthrough with its recent sale to Vietnam. Its modern DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 variant of the legendary global bush plane will become the Vietnamese military’s first western aircraft, and the Vietnamese Navy’s first fixed-wing aircraft.
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05/06/2010
As a vital partner for U.S. forces in Southwest Asia, Pakistan’s air force will soon upgrade its 30-year-old fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons, and the pilots charged with flying more capable fighters are ready to handle the new technology after almost a year of training with the Arizona Air National Guard.
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05/06/2010
Once, Detroit's carmakers wanted to be the nation's aircraft kings. For a short time during World War II, they were. Then things fell apart
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05/06/2010
U.S. company LaserMotive announced it has plans for a laser-based solution providing unmanned aircraft used by military and governments with continuous power.
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05/06/2010
Negotiations between France and the United Arab Emirates on Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter jet are taking longer than expected but Paris hopes to strike an agreement by the end of this year.
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05/06/2010
The U.S. military is pleased with the performance of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, but is still working hard to improve its readiness, the Pentagon's program manager said on Tuesday.
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05/06/2010
The Czech-British military exercise Flying Rhino 2010 started at the Namest nad Oslavou base at 8:30 Monday when the first Tornado combat aircraft took off, exercise spokeswoman Sabina Introvicova told CTK.
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05/06/2010
Russia's fifth-generation fighter aircraft PAK FA has undergone a fresh round of flight test near here last week.
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05/06/2010
A rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Day parade started in Moscow on Tuesday booming with the powerful roar of military aircraft engines.
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05/06/2010
The Boeing Company today announced that the Commonwealth of Australia has accepted the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fleet.
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