June 28, 2014 Military Aviation News
06/28/2014
Frustrated with the pace of U.S. jet and attack helicopter deliveries, the Iraqi government is negotiating the return of decades-old planes from Iran as it desperately tries to cobble together air power to turn the tide against al-Qaida-inspired insurgents. Iran has been “receptive” to the demands and is working on refurbishing an unspecified number of jets, Ammar Toma, a member of the Iraqi parliament’s defense and security committee, said Friday.
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06/28/2014
IT’s a $30 million combat jet with a serious problem: The wheels won’t go down. Watch how this pilot uses a $30 stool to save it. It was supposed to be just a normal day’s flying for US Marine Corps Captain William Mahoney. He was aboard his AV8B Harrier, taking off from the assault ship USS Bataan earlier this month, when something went thud.
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06/28/2014
The Department of Defense awarded $2.2 billion worth of defense contracts in its Thursday evening announcement of contract awards, released after stock markets closed for the day, handing out 17 separate contract awards. Defense contractor Northrop Grumman won four of them.
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06/28/2014
A Department of Defense report to Congress looks at Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2014. It is 96 pages and looks at China's military capability and what if China decided to retake the island of Taiwan by force? A chinese invasion of Taiwan is unlikely at the moment. The election of a less hardline-nationalist government in Taipei has smoothed over cross-Strait relations
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06/28/2014
The European Council on Friday said it would give Moscow three days to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, or it will impose new sanctions against Russia, according to a statement published Friday. The European Council also set conditions for the de-escalation.
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