November 09, 2016 Military Aviation News
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11/09/2016
“In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government,” wrote author Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s first Nobel Prize winner. “Freedom of thought no longer exists. We are distancing ourselves at high speed from a state of law and heading towards a regime of terror” that is driven by “the most ferocious hatred.”
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11/09/2016
Britain's royal air force teamed up with the United States and South Korea in a joint training exercise in November. The drill is ongoing and marks the first time British pilots are flying with U.S. and South Korean airmen, South Korean television network KBS reported Tuesday.
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11/09/2016
A fifth-generation fighter said to be six times more effective at air-to-air combat and eight times more effective at air-to-ground attacks than any military aircraft before— the F-35 Lightning II is the U.S. military’s state-of-the-art aircraft and Alaska will house 54 of them.
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11/09/2016
In April and June 2016, I had a chance to visit RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and to talk with the base commander, and several officers involved with the combat operations and logistical support for the aircraft operating from the base. As such, the interviews provide a slice of current activities and preparation for the transition associated with the evolution of the RAF combat aircraft, including the coming of the P-8.
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11/09/2016
The Indian Navy’s latest aircraft carrier, the 65,000-ton supercarrier INS Vishal, the second ship of the Vikrant-class, will be powered by a nuclear reactor, according to anonymous Indian Navy sources.
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