April 13, 2012 Military Aviation News
04/13/2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Johnny White lies facedown in the tail of the KC-135 aerial refueling tanker in mid-flight. Below him, a glass window offers a stunning view of the Michigan Thumb area. White’s view becomes partially blocked as an A-10 Thunderbolt II slowly nudges its way under his plane’s tail.
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04/13/2012
Such is India’s idiosyncratic procurement system that, in the run-up to the award of the $12 billion Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft program, the joke was that the only thing worse than losing would be winning. For Dassault, that reality is not that far off. After its Rafale offer beat out the Eurofighter Typhoon in January as the low-cost bidder for the MMRCA program, there has been much talk about the fate of the project, but very little action.
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04/13/2012
Emergency services across swaths of England were inundated with calls from worried residents amid reports of a mysterious “loud bang” which turned out to be a sonic boom from two RAF Typhoon jets.
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04/13/2012
The private sector has a number of techniques, called best practices, which they routinely employ to reduce costs and boost performance. A number of these have to do with supply chain management. One of the key reasons that the globalized economy works and companies such as Walmart makes a profit while providing tens of millions of Americans with inexpensive products is because of modern supply chain management techniques.
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04/13/2012
China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) has officially handed over 8 K-8P fighter jet trainers to the Zambian government.
Speaking at the handover ceremony held at Zambia Air Force Mumbwa Air Base today, CATIC President Liu Jianhai said Zambia Air Force (ZAF) is an excellent and trustable force as it has shown strict and professional operation and maintenance of big fleet. Mr. Liu Jianhai said the handover ceremony of 8 K-8P Aircraft marked a new milestone of coo
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04/13/2012
The Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter for the 21st Century, is to visit Asia between April 14 and 20. Malaysia, an A400M customer, is the first and longest stop of its three-nation Asia tour, with the aircraft staying there from 14 – 17 April. The tour continues with visits to Jakarta, Indonesia, and Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand, before returning to Europe.
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04/13/2012
India's new revised defence-offset guidelines will be applied to all defence contracts awarded after 1 January 2011. They reinforce the nation's focus on augmenting capacity for research and development, fostering the development of internationally-competitive enterprises and also give a boost to the civil aviation and homeland security sectors.
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04/13/2012
A menacing Russian warplane entering UK airspace during the Cold War would have sent Royal Air Force supersonic fighter jets scrambling to intercept it. Britain's Top Gun pilots were on constant standby to take on Soviet aircraft in dogfights for control of the skies over Northern Europe.
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04/13/2012
The tragic MV-22 Osprey crash in Morocco that killed two Marines this week is likely to reopen the debate about the controversial aircraft's safety. The Osprey earned its bad reputation during its development, when 30 Marines died in three crashes, including 19 in a single 2000 accident in Arizona, and its detractors no doubt will point to this crash as further evidence of its untrustworthiness.
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04/13/2012
North Korea’s rocket, launched on Friday, appears to have broken apart minutes after blastoff, CNN quoted U.S. officials as saying. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency on Friday cited South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seook as saying that the reclusive communist state has launched the Unha-3 long-range rocket. Two U.S. officials confirmed the launch, CNN reported. There have been no reports of any injuries or damage inflicted by falling debris, CNN said.
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