June 19, 2014 Military Aviation News
06/19/2014
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders believe he does not need authorization from Congress for some steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Senate's top Republican and Capitol Hill aides said after the president briefed senior lawmakers Wednesday.
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06/19/2014
The flightline is filled with aircrew and C-130 Hercules engines are starting up for another Afghan air force casualty evacuation mission. Within two years, the Afghan air force has made significant improvements to their casualty evacuation capabilities, or CASEVAC, as they continue to take the lead and ownership of day-to-day operations. The aircrew is now working hand-in-hand with medical personnel to accomplish the mission.
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06/19/2014
New Zealand on Tuesday released its Defence Capability Plan (DCP), which calls for increasing the defense force’s “proficiency at joint operations and growing its combat, combat support and combat service support capabilities,” said Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman. The DCP is the second such document since the 2010 Defence White Paper, and is not merely a list of projects, Coleman said.
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06/19/2014
The U.S. Air Force is planning to request proposals from industry to finally provide needed communications connectivity between fifth- and fourth-generation fighters. The service has long projected a need for so-called "5th to 4th" capability. This need is made even more urgent as the timeline for fielding the stealthy, fifth-generation F-35 has stretched out due to technical challenges in development and funding limitations at Air Force headquarters.
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06/19/2014
RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft yesterday intercepted and shadowed a group of Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea after they came close to Latvian airspace. The sizeable force included four Russian Air Force SU-27 ‘Flanker’ fighter aircraft, a Tupolev Tu22 ‘Backfire’ bomber, an early warning aircraft and a transport plane.
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06/19/2014
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is set to unveil a Rs. 6,000-crore modernisation programme with a focus on manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and combat purposes, the company said on Tuesday. The modernisation plan spreads out through 2020; HAL will use Rs. 1,200 crore during the current year (2014-15) alone, its Chairman, R.K. Tyagi, told The Hindu.
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06/19/2014
A full-size model of the F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter stands brazenly amongst the historic combat aircraft on the main display floor of the Royal Air Force museum at Colindale, North London. It is an incongruous sight. What is the JSF, still in development and with no operational record, doing on parade amongst the great aircraft that fought in two world wars and many subsequent conflicts?
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06/19/2014
An article by Ajai Shukla seems to be promoting co-development of Tejas Mark II with Saab, noting that the manufacturer is skilled at making advanced combat aircraft which are simple to maintain and low in cost, but in my opinion this is a bad idea and India should not do anything of the sort. Shukla seems to recommend scrapping the Rafale purchase.
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06/19/2014
Russia plans to supply Pakistan with Mi-35 combat helicopters to fight drug trafficking, head of the Russian delegation at the international defense and security exhibition Eurosatory 2014 Igor Sevastyanov said Wednesday. “We are currently holding consultations. We are talking about Mi-35 helicopters, we plan to supply them at the request of the Pakistani anti-drug trafficking agency,” Sevastyanov said.
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06/19/2014
Orders from abroad for S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapons systems are being processed, Igor Sevastyanov, the head of the Russian delegation to the Eurosatory 2014 international military exhibition, told journalists Wednesday. “There are not so many states ready to buy this system. We have a number of requests, and the federal agency is considering them very carefully,” said Sevastyanov, without specifying any further details.
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