March 25, 2011 Military Aviation News
03/25/2011
A female pilot in Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) has become the first woman to fly a Typhoon fighter aircraft on a combat mission during the current enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya, British media reports said Thursday.
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03/25/2011
Coalition forces continue to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya, striking air defense capabilities and regime forces that threaten Libyan civilians, Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney said here March 24.
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03/25/2011
Britain pushed ahead Friday with preparations to take a key role in an international military operation to enforce the UN Security Council's resolution on Libya, regardless of the ceasefire announced by the regime of Moamer al-Gaddafi, dpa reported.
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03/25/2011
The drive to enlist foreign staff, in part focusing on experienced workers, is another manifestation of Chinese industry’s ability to wield national resources and the lure of market access in its quest for the knowledge it needs to rapidly catch up with Western aerospace leaders.
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03/25/2011
Turkey has postponed the purchase of 100 US-made F-35 warplanes in objection to the American's refusal to share the aircraft's technology.
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03/25/2011
Coalition forces have intensified their attacks in Libya but have been unable to prevent Col Muammar Gaddafi's tanks entering the key town of Misurata, it was reported on Thursday evening.
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03/25/2011
French officials said that a Rafale fighter jet had fired on the Libyan aircraft after a coalition AWACS surveillance plane detected that it was violating the no-fly zone by flying above the city of Misrata, the scene of fierce fighting for more than a week. The missile hit the warplane shortly after it had landed at the city's airport.
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03/25/2011
NATO will take over control of military operations to ensure a no-fly zone in Libya early next week, diplomatic sources in Brussels said on Thursday.
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