May 30, 2016 Military Aviation News
05/30/2016
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.
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05/30/2016
The Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) said on Sunday that they had registered four aircraft of Russia's Aerospace Forces in the airspace near the borders of the Baltic nation.
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05/30/2016
A next-generation military space plane which can launch satellites into orbit every day is a step closer. The US military plans to build a reusable space plane which can fly cheaply and quickly into space to deposit vital defence satellites. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now welcoming design proposals for the revolutionary vessel.
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05/30/2016
As the drug smugglers' go-fast boat streaked across the blue Caribbean Sea in March, carrying more than a thousand pounds of cocaine toward its U.S. destination, they were completely unaware they were being observed from above. Suddenly, they felt a presence and looked up. Coming at them, low and fast, was the unmistakeable silhouette of one of the nastiest weapons in the Air Force arsenal — a B-1B Lancer, the backbone of America's long-range bomber force.
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05/30/2016
The Air Force is beginning to work on how fast, lethal, durable and capable a new “A-10”-like aircraft would need to be in order to provide U.S. military ground troops with effective close-air support for decades to come.
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05/30/2016
Prospective types of jets and helicopters will be tested by the Russian Chkalov State Flight Tests Center at the Chauda range in Crimea, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, the Russian Aerospace Forces commander, said Sunday. "It is the first time we have got such a range and it is very good that the State Flight Tests Center’s pilots will work here. Tests of new aircraft will be held here," Bondarev told reporters.
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05/30/2016
It is a known fact that the life of military aircraft is extremely short-lived, especially when technology is constantly evolving. The best aircraft of WWI and WWII went obsolete within just a few months. Only very few aircraft are able to withstand the test of time. One such aircraft is the Soviet MiG-21, Farley wrote for the online magazine National Interest.
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05/30/2016
All Russian airplanes, fuel and ordnance have passed mandatory safety checks ahead of the Aviadarts-2016 flight skills competition, Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said Saturday.
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05/30/2016
Large-scale military pilot exercises got underway in the Russian peninsula of Crimea under Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev’s command on Saturday. The Aviadarts show is an annual competition to test flight skills and precision shooting organized by the Russian Defense Ministry. The contest, which features fighter jets, bombers and other aircraft, was first held in Russia in 2013.
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05/30/2016
Islamabad may not be able to seal a deal for the purchase of eight multirole US F-16 fighter jets from Washington as it has not submitted a letter affirming its commitment to pay the full price for the jets in time, according to a diplomatic source.
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