March 27, 2011 Military Aviation News

Aircraft Oxygen-Generating Systems Under Investigation

03/27/2011

The U.S. Air Force is investigating whether the On-Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS) found on several U.S. Air Force warplanes, including the F-22 Raptor, might be defective.

Libya: French aviation destroyed five planes; two helicopter

03/27/2011

rench fighter planes in Misrata (200 km east of Tripoli) have destroyed "at least" five Galeb fighter planes and two combat helicopters MI-35 of forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, said on Saturday the staff of the French armies.

US pilot back from sortie says night sky over Libyan desert darker than expected

03/27/2011

All the missions are run at night and "we have to wear night vision goggles for the duration of the sorties," Thulin said. "It's very dark in Libya, you can see the desert, you can see the towns, but that's about it. It's much darker than I expected to be. It's much darker than our training in northern Italy."

Coalition forces 'strike Gaddafi's home town' - Libyan state TV

03/27/2011

Coalition warplanes attacked Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte in northern Libya early on Sunday, the country's state television reported.

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