September 10, 2011 Military Aviation News
09/10/2011
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, has been awarded a contract to supply Boeing Military Aircraft with the CV-22 Color Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) for the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas.
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09/10/2011
A U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after coming under electronic attack from North Korea, Agence France Press reported Friday.
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09/10/2011
The Indian army will induct the attack version of the indigenously built advanced light helicopter into the army aviation corps this year, a defense official said. The Rudra light combat helicopter is a "heavily loaded" version of the advanced light helicopter Dhruv. The Rudra is armed with an array of guns and rocket pods as well as air-to-air and anti-tank missiles, a report by the Press Trust of India said, without naming any army official.
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09/10/2011
For 25 years, Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 has been serving as the enemy for Marine Corps pilots. The squadron's mission is to improve the Marine Corps' air-to-air combat readiness by employing current threat tactics against Marine pilots. A component of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps Reserve, the Sniper squadron was activated here on March 18, 1986. In June of 1987, the squadron received its first aircraft, Israeli F-21A
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09/10/2011
Late in the morning of the Tuesday that changed everything, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney was on a runway at Andrews Air Force Base and ready to fly. She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The day’s fourth hijacked airliner seemed to be hurtling toward Washington. Penney, one of the first two combat pilots in the air that morning, was told to stop it.
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