January 19, 2014 Military Aviation News
01/19/2014
In what has easily the biggest development in defense news this week, Congress just received notice that the United States is exporting cutting-edge tiltrotor technology to Israel. More amazingly - the six V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft that Israel will be buying were originally supposed to go to the U.S. Marines, currently fighting a shooting war in Afghanistan.
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01/19/2014
Off they go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun, the first five F-22 Raptors left Holloman for Tyndall Air Force Base Fla., Jan. 6, as part of the transition of the F-22s leaving the base.
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01/19/2014
The newest US Air Force stealth fighter, the F-35 Lightning-2 arrives at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale later this year adding to a growing collection of military aircraft over the skies of Arizona. But the F-35 is no stranger to our state the U.S. Marine Corps pilots have been flying them for about a year now. Lieutenant Colonel Steve Gillette is the "Green Knights" squadron commander, the first operational Marine squadron in the country to get the new F-35's.
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01/19/2014
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is acquiring three modern flight simulators for P246.4 million to help pilots operate efficiently the soon-to-be-delivered T-50 fighter jets from South Korea. The Department of National Defense (DND) said it is bidding out the project designed to enhance the operational capability of the PAF.
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01/19/2014
China is reportedly building a second aircraft carrier, estimated to be completed by 2018, on its way to expanding its fleet to four of the massive ships. Media reports - later deleted from the internet - stated Liaoning party chief Wang Min told a panel of the provincial people's congress that the second carrier was being built in the city of Dalian. The reports also quoted Wang as saying the port city was building two advanced 052D destroyers.
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