March 29, 2014 Military Aviation News
03/29/2014
As far as I know, this sort of thing has happened only once since 1956. That was when British magazines started getting eyewitness accounts and grainy photos of the Lockheed U-2, then operating out of RAF Lakenheath on its first spy flights over the Soviet Union. Classified programs have been exposed in all sorts of ways since then - for example, the A-12 Blackbird was disclosed under a degree of pressure.
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03/29/2014
The visit to South Africa last week by Brazilian defence minister Celso Amorim has resulted in defence ties between the two countries being strengthened, with cooperation in the fields of training and technology, particularly regarding air-to-air missiles.
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03/29/2014
The naval variant of light combat aircraft (LCA) 'Tejas' will soon undergo carrier compatibility tests at the newly commissioned shore-based test facility at the Indian naval base INS Hansa in Goa, the LCA's programme director Kota Harinarayana told TOI on Friday. "Before we go to the ship, we have to do something on the ground that is similar to the ship," Harinarayana said, while pointing out that the shore-based test facility is primarily a ramp - similar to the ones on aircraft carriers.
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03/29/2014
The U.S. Army’s top leaders defended their proposal to strip the Army National Guard of its AH-64 Apaches attack helicopters as part of a cost-saving move. Army Secretary John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said the proposal would help the service avoid some $12 billion in costs — a significant level of savings in an era of automatic budget cuts known as sequestration.
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03/29/2014
China, in the midst of a military build-up that challenges the United States and Japan, is showcasing its expanded capabilities in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by deploying hardware such as satellites, warships and an icebreaker. With pictures of grey-hulled naval vessels and planes operating in seas thousands of kilometres from Chinese shores, state media has hailed the hunt for the plane as the country’s strongest search and rescue mission.
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03/29/2014
The quest for what early aviators called “command of the air” is a defining feature of the military enterprise. Major military powers spend much more on combat aircraft than they do on warships or armored vehicles. And with good reason: if friendly forces can’t utilize the air space above enemy forces and nations for military advantage, then they probably can’t win the war on the ground or at sea.
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03/29/2014
Russia has begun preparations for terminating bilateral agreements with Ukraine related to the status and operation of the Black Sea Fleet, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday. The decision was made at a meeting of the country's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin.
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03/29/2014
Qatar has added to its defence spending with the agreement to buy herlicopters from Boeing and the joint venture NH Industries as well as missiles from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
The total spend by Qatar on defence equipment this week is believed to have topped $23 billion. The announcements were made at the Dimdex conference in Doha.
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03/29/2014
In a major setback to the Indian Air Force, a newly acquired US-made C-130J transport aircraft on Friday crashed near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh after taking off from Agra (in Uttar Pradesh) air base, killing five crew members, including four officers.
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