April 04, 2011 Military Aviation News
04/04/2011
The competition for the multibillion-dollar contract to supply all-purpose fighter jets to the Indian Air Force is hotting up. America is making some strong moves, Europe is honing its lobbying potential, and Russia, too, is nursing hopes of winning.
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04/04/2011
In an exclusive interview with Business Standard, P Subramanyam, director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), which is developing the LCA and the AMCA, responded to IAF criticism that the Tejas was not yet a world-class fighter. He said the Tejas Mark-I, still being flight-tested, had been flown to just 85 per cent of its full capability. The Tejas Mark-II - in which a more powerful GE-414 engine will replace the current GE-404 engine -- would perform another 15 per cent better.
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04/04/2011
Instead of watching the A-10s and fighter jets roar above Macomb County skies, people can get an up-close and personal look at the Selfridge Military Air Museum. The museum held its grand opening Saturday afternoon and it will be open on weekends until the end of October, except for when the air show takes place in late August.
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04/04/2011
Sitting aboard the USS Mount Whitney as it navigates the Mediterranean Sea, admiral Samuel J Locklear III waits for his phone to be connected to a press conference at the Pentagon during which he will update reporters on the operation in Libya.
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04/04/2011
Taiwan’s airpower situation is deteriorating and replacement of its tactical aircraft is necessary, justified and not provocative, US Senator Richard Lugar told US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton in a letter dated April 1.
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04/04/2011
The UAE air force worked alongside the country's special forces yesterday to rescue ship from pirates off the coast of Oman.
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04/04/2011
History was made in Afghanistan this week when on Wednesday a team of all-female flight crew took to the skies to provide close air support for coalition and Afghan ground forces, marking the first combat mission flown from Bagram to be planned, maintained and flown entirely by women.
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