February 22, 2015 Military Aviation News
02/22/2015
Nigeria’s military has announced it has recaptured Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after the town was overrun in the worst massacre of the Islamist terror group’s six-year insurgency. Defence spokesman Chris Olukoladesaid many terrorists had drowned in Lake Chad as they tried to flee bombardment from Nigerian air force jets.
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02/22/2015
Some 200,000 people are expected to attend the Australian International Air Show, where about 600 companies from more than two dozen countries will show their wares between Feb. 24 and March 1, said Ian Honnery, CEO of Aerospace Maritime and Defense foundation of Australia (AMDA), which organizes the show. The event is the 12th in the biennial series at Avalon, which is south of Melbourne and close to the regional city of Geelong.
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02/22/2015
According to the Emiratis’ state news agency, UAE F-16E/Fs targeted IS oil refineries on 16 February from an unnamed Jordanian airbase. The agency said ‘similar’ attacks had been carried out on 10 and 12 February. The airstrikes come just weeks after reports indicated the country had suspended its involvement.
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02/22/2015
A government watchdog report on the Air Force’s proposed retirement of the A-10 says the service “cooked the books” by releasing manipulated statistics that painted the plane as unreliable and a killer of civilians and American troops. When the Air Force released its budget for fiscal year 2016 earlier this month, it detailed a plan to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly referred to as the Warthog, by 2019.
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02/22/2015
Concerns about the Islamic State group, Iran's growing influence and Yemen's upheaval are boosting the regional defense market's land sector ahead of the massive International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, analysts said. Playing into the rivalry between the Arabian Peninsula states and Iran, Yemen's Houthi takeover has stoked deep fears of a radical Shiite front, analysts said.
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02/22/2015
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) chairman T Suvarna Raju on Thursday said that HAL is willing to take full responsibility for the Rafales that it manufactures if the contract with French Defence major Dassault is signed. The comment assumes significance in the backdrop of a disagreement between India and Dassault over who would take guarantee for the Rafale fighter jets.
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02/22/2015
The biennial Aero India 2015 show turned into a carnival Saturday, as over 60,000 people flocked to the Yelahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) here to witness spectacular aerobatics and thrilling aerial feats by fighters, helicopters, stunt aircraft, transport planes and even unmanned aerial vehicles.
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02/22/2015
US and Jordanian officials are expected to talk on the sidelines of IDEX, discussions that may carry extra weight in light of US lawmakers' recent pressure to expedite foreign military sales to Jordan. The lawmakers appear to hope that Jordan — which at press time had launched airstrikes but committed no ground troops in the fight against the Islamic State group (also called ISIS or ISIL) — could assume a strengthened role in the US-led coalition, given the incentive of US weaponry and backing.
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