January 16, 2015 Military Aviation News
01/16/2015
The Air Force remains busy flying surveillance and strike missions against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, and those flights are affecting the service's plans for its future, top officials said. Since Operation Inherent Resolve began in August, the Air Force has flown about 60 percent of the more than 16,000 air sorties. These include remotely piloted aircraft flights to monitor the situation, and the service's share of the 5,886 bombs that have been dropped as of Dec. 31.
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01/16/2015
In the face of an expansionist China seeking to dominate the East and South China Seas, Tokyo has set its largest defense budget ever to help defend islands that it rightfully considers Japanese territory. As its military, economy and ambitions grow, so too does China's assertiveness about control of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the larger South China Sea. Chinese military doctrine refers to establishing dominance over what it calls the "first island chain,".
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01/16/2015
History was made Thursday morning at Nellis Air Force Base as the first F-35 fighter jet that will be used at the weapons school touched down. "This is happening," said Brigadier General Chris Short, 57th Wing Commander. "And to put iron on the ramp, it's exciting."
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01/16/2015
Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet is on track to meet the Marine Corps's July target to declare the jet ready for combat use, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Thursday. The F-35 B-model, which can take off from shorter runways and land like a helicopter, was making good progress, Mabus told reporters after a speech to the Surface Navy Association.
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01/16/2015
Three Russian military aircraft and helicopters have made it into Flightglobal's 2015 Top 10 most popular military aircraft in a ranking by the respectable British aviation news and information site published late last week. Craig Hoyle, who compiled the Top 10, notes that the ten planes and helicopters in the list account for nearly a third of the 52,000 combat, special mission, tanker and transport aircraft, helicopters and trainers in use by 160 countries around the world.
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