April 15, 2016 Military Aviation News
04/15/2016
The U.S. naval officer at the center of a burgeoning spy scandal may not have simply betrayed his country: He may have also helped China compromise Washington's most-sophisticated tool for tracking Beijing's submarines, ships, and planes. The surveillance aircraft potentially exposed in the espionage case are America's high-tech "eyes in the sky" in the western Pacific, the EP-3E Aries II and P-8A Poseidon.
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04/15/2016
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is flying its Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned air vehicle at RAAF Amberley in Queensland, marking the first time the aircraft has operated alongside manned military aircraft at one of its home bases.
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04/15/2016
The CIA, working in conjunction with Washington’s principal allies in the Middle East, including the governments in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, is preparing a so-called “Plan B” involving a dramatic escalation in the arming of Western-backed “rebels” fighting the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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04/15/2016
The Islamic State shot down on Thursday a military plane, which is believed to belong to the Syrian army in the area of Khalkhalah in Suwayda province in southern Syria, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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04/15/2016
Turkish military aircraft on Thursday violated Greek airspace six times, flying over a number of Greek islands, the Greek General Staff said in a statement. Earlier in the day, a source in the Greek Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti that Athens had placed its Armed Forces on combat readiness due to “Turkish provocations.”
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04/15/2016
United States said Thursday it has been conducting joint South China Sea patrols – and eventually will conduct air patrols – with the Philippines, while dispatching U.S. troops and combat aircraft there on more frequent rotations.
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04/15/2016
State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL is in talks with Swedish aerospace major Saab, makers of single engine Gripen fighter planes, to collaborate on the upgraded version of the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' which will replace IAF's aging fleet of MiG combat jets.
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04/15/2016
The United States on Thursday revealed for the first time that American ships have started conducting joint patrols with the Philippines in the South China Sea, a somewhat rare move not done with many other partners in the region.
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04/15/2016
Boeing continues its role as the United States’ leading provider of attack helicopters with a contract to remanufacture 117 AH-64D Apaches to the new, more capable AH-64E model. The agreement, which also includes the acquisition of Longbow Crew Trainers, logistical support and spares, carries a total contract value of about $1.5 billion.
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04/15/2016
Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects on Thursday announced a competition for the best project to build a flying laboratory based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies.
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