June 15, 2011 Military Aviation News
06/15/2011
The House Appropriations Committee passed a $649 billion defense spending bill Tuesday for fiscal 2012 that trims $9 billion from President Barack Obama's budget while boosting ground combat vehicles and special operations programs.
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06/15/2011
NATO on Tuesday said it had sufficient resources to continue its air campaign in Libya despite fears the alliance could run out of steam as Moammar Gadhafi digs in his heels.
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06/15/2011
After Air Chief, PV Naik, saw the fifth generation fighter aircraft flight in Russia last month, on Tuesday secretary of defence production, RK Singh, was given a flight demonstration of the PAK-FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation).
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06/15/2011
A pair of needle-nosed warplanes suddenly appear, needing fuel before they make the last dash across the Libyan coast to their targets. In the next few minutes, the bomb-laden Italian Tornados will stage a delicate, high-speed, close encounter with lumbering Canadian Hercules, and as a matter of practised routine transfer 10 tonnes of fuel in midair.
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06/15/2011
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, began participating in the U.S. Pacific Command’s Northern Edge 2011 exercise June 13. The exercise runs through June 24 and will focus on strategic capabilities that enable the joint-military world to be adept in detection and tracking in air, land and sea spaces.
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06/15/2011
France's Rafale fighter programme is midway through what could be a pivotal year in the Dassault type's potentially half-century service history. Already involved in NATO-led combat operations over Libya, the aircraft will return to frontline duty in Afghanistan inside the next two months. Its industrial backers are, meanwhile, edging seemingly closer to a long-awaited first export sale.
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06/15/2011
India is preparing to withdraw its four remaining Mi-35 attack helicopters from the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo early next month, ending years of Indian air superiority in the war-racked nation and depriving the U.N. of its most vital military asset as the country heads into a landmark presidential election.
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06/15/2011
Overall, the F-35 program remains ahead of the overall goals for test flights and test points year-to-date. Through May 31, the program accomplished 378 flights versus a plan of 297 and accomplished 3,342 test points against a plan of 2,217.
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