March 31, 2011 Military Aviation News
03/31/2011
As Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, U.S. officials said President Barack Obama had signed a secret order authorizing covert support for the rebels.
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03/31/2011
Advancements in Chinese military capabilities mean Guam has lost its status as a safe haven for American forces in the Western Pacific, a top war strategist says.
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03/31/2011
Many commentators believe the Libya air strikes are a pre-election advert for President Nicolas Sarkozy. Some believe they are also an advert for France's badly-selling Rafale jet fighter.
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03/31/2011
Two years after entering squadron service, the U.S. Navy's EA-18G "Growler" electronic warfare aircraft has seen combat for the first time in Libya. The EA-18G is equipped with the ALQ-99 radar jamming pod and a a APG-79 phased array (AESA) radar, which also has some jamming capability (with the right software) as well as the ability to fry electronics.
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03/31/2011
The Dutch government decided yesterday evening that the Netherlands will participate in the NATO enforcement of the UN arms embargo against Libya. Its contribution will consist of a minehunter, a KDC-10 tanker aircraft and six F-16 fighter aircraft. The total contribution of the mission will involve approximately 200 Dutch military personnel.
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03/31/2011
When the U.S. military wanted to survey the damage above Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant earlier this month, it sent a Global Hawk pilotless aircraft. Just days later, commanders sent a Global Hawk to assess how effective U.S. strikes in Libya had been. In a Pentagon briefing Friday, Vice Adm. William Gortney confirmed that the Global Hawk, known formally as the RQ-4, was providing "persistent surveillance" of Libyan territory.
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03/31/2011
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa arrived in London late on Wednesday and told British authorities he was going to resign from his post, the British Foreign Office said.
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