April 07, 2011 Military Aviation News
04/07/2011
A British industry team led by BAE Systems has completed the final tests on the ejection or escape system for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft. The system has been certified as safe for flight after a series of rigorous tests. The escape system, used in emergency situations, ensures pilots can eject safely and will be fitted to all 3000+ F-35 aircraft which will be flown by armed forces across the globe.
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04/07/2011
Following a successful test run in March 2010 and approval by Air Combat Command officials, the first of several T-38 Talons from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., arrived here April 1 for the beginning of the 1st Operations Group's T-38 Adversary Air Program.
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04/07/2011
A virtual gale of support is blowing through Washington this week to boost Taiwan’s request to buy F-16C/D aircraft. However, despite the pressure, there is no indication that US President Barack Obama’s administration would sell the fighter aircraft anytime soon.
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04/07/2011
Military history was made yesterday as the army unveiled an aircraft, the first to be bought brand new and tailored to its requests.
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04/07/2011
They come to three the Arab countries taking part in the international operation against the regime of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi: after Qatar and United Arab Emirates now also Jordan left an unknown number of military aircraft to assist in the imposition of the no-fly zone declared by NATO on Libya and to protect humanitarian aid flights direct to the Hashemite kingdom from North African country.
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04/07/2011
One of the Conservative government's most expensive and controversial promises is under attack from an unlikely source - a U.S. military expert. Speaking in Ottawa on Tuesday, Winslow Wheeler says Prime Minister Stephen Harper's pledge to purchase 65 F-35 fighter jets for just $9 billion is "hogwash."
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04/07/2011
The world's defence sector must act now to preserve its innovation, specialist skill-set and research and development work, according to a new report out today.
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04/07/2011
Navy F-35 flight test aircraft CF-1 approaches the TC-7 catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River March 22. With U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt "Opie" Taylor at the controls, CF-1 completed functional checks and performed the first test hookup of the F-35C to the catapult.
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04/07/2011
At this year's Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, The Boeing Company will display a broad range of proven and emerging maritime and air capabilities to support U.S. Navy readiness . Sea-Air-Space - the world's largest maritime exposition - will take place April 11-13 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
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04/07/2011
A pilot from the Russian Su-27 Flanker combat aircraft that crashed earlier on Wednesday during a training flight near the city of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East has been hospitalized, a Defense Ministry official said.
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04/07/2011
The two occupants of a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet died when the jet crashed about a half mile from NAS Lemoore in central California Wednesday. The Navy told various media outlets the aircraft was on a routine training mission prior to deployment. The crash happened just after noon. The plane went down in a field but it wasn't immediately stated what phase of flight it was in at the time. There was also no word about whether the the crew tried to eject.
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