Military Aviation News Archive

Pakistan Navy Inducts 2 U.S. Maritime Patrol Aircraft

06/02/2010

U.S. and Pakistani officials Tuesday commemorated the delivery of two P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to Pakistan from the United States, the U. S. embassy said.

French Military Attaches Leave Taiwan

06/02/2010

A decision made public Monday in Taiwan that the French government is pulling defence personnel from the island over a court order to pay US$891 million to Taiwan because of a monumental scandal involving the sale of stealth frigates raises as many questions as it answers.

Why the UK needs the Joint Strike Fighter

06/02/2010

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a fifth generation, supersonic warplane combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, plus fully-fused sensor and network-enabled capabilities.

Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS

06/02/2010

A problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says.

Lockheed F-35 cost now projected at $382 bln

06/02/2010

Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said a fourth batch of F-35 fighter planes will beat Pentagon cost estimates by more than 20 percent, even as new U.S. data pegged the overall program tab at $382 billion.

US military suspends refueling at vital Kyrgyz base

06/02/2010

The US military has stopped flying aerial refueling tankers out of Krygyzstan as the government there presses to renegotiate a fuel contract for a major US base, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Shoot at American Patrol. Get Shot. Ditch Rifle. Ask Patrol for Bandage. Repeat?

06/01/2010

It is an age-old axiom that little creates absurdities like war, and this notion remains evergreen today. Take the case of the two victims of gunshot wounds shown in Tyler Hicks’s photographs, which accompany this post.

Air Forces Africa needs airmen to grow mission

06/01/2010

Whether you speak Swahili fluently or simply wrote a college paper on Ugandan history, the Air Force wants to find you.

History written on plane's surface

06/01/2010

A team of volunteers is restoring a World War II fighter found at the bottom of a Russian lake and brought back to the upstate New York factory where the plane and thousands of others like it were built 65 years ago.

Crew for An-70 military transport plane to be trained in Russia

05/31/2010

The crew members for the new An-70 military transport aircraft, jointly developed by Russia and Ukraine, will be trained in Russia, the commander of transport aviation said on Monday.

$9B pricetag likely for Canada's next-generation fighter aircraft

05/31/2010

Replacing Canada's CF-18s with a new generation of fighter aircraft will cost taxpayers around $9 billion, one of the most expensive military equipment purchases ever.

Waha to Raise Total 12 Billion Dirhams for Military

05/31/2010

Waha Capital PJSC, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company has a mandate to raise a total of 12 billion dirhams ($3.3 billion) for the United Arab Emirates’ military, Chief Executive Officer Salem Rashed Al Noaimi said.

Russia may export 232 new fighter jets in next 3 years

05/31/2010

Russia may export 232 new multi-role fighters worth over $10 billion in 2010-2013, a Russian think tank reported on Monday.

U.S., South Korea Ready to Repel North as Raptors, Ships Deploy

05/31/2010

U.S. and South Korean forces said they are ready to repel any threat posed by North Korea as 24 stealth fighter jets deploy to the region and a report said the military alert level has been raised.

New Life for an Old Bird

05/31/2010

For Viking Air, a venerable 45-year-old Canadian aircraft is flying into a niche market for affordable smaller military planes.

$580-million tag for IAF's C-17 aircraft can be cut: Boeing

05/31/2010

With India’s fleet of 24 IL-76 aircraft now obsolescent, planners have decided to buy Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III, widely acknowledged as the world’s most versatile military transport aircraft.

IAF combat and heavy-lift chopper trials to begin by July

05/30/2010

The Indian Air Force (IAF) seems set for trials of new combat and heavy lift helicopters this summer, possibly from June or July, as Boeing gets ready to field its latest versions of AH 64D Apache and Chinook CH-47F helicopters.

Selfridge Military Air Museum opens from noon to 4:30pm

05/29/2010

Selfridge Military Air Museum offers nearly $5 million worth of displays, attracting Metro Detroit families this Memorial Day weekend.

What a Korean war would look like

05/29/2010

Start with the worst-case scenario. What if there really were a war in the Korean peninsula? Even by local standards, the rhetoric has been heated since the South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk by an explosion last March, killing 46 sailors, and it has been white-hot since "independent investigators" reported on May 20 that a North Korean torpedo had struck the vessel.

Predators, Warriors and Ravens: the CIA drones wage war

05/29/2010

THE COURTYARD of the Pentagon feels like a cross between an arms fair and a used-car lot on a fine May morning. “Congratulations 1,000,000 Army Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Hours,” says a banner.

Obama vows veto of any bill to fund 2d F-35 engine

05/29/2010

President Barack Obama said on Friday he would veto any legislation to fund, over Pentagon protests, a controversial second engine program for the multinational F-35 fighter aircraft.

Indebted Greece still faces arms purchases

05/29/2010

Turkish fighter jets streak past remote Greek islands, shattering the calm of sleepy villages and alarming residents and beach-going visitors alike. Greek warplanes are scrambled to intercept them, fighting mock air battles over the Aegean Sea.

India’s DRDO Accuses Armed Forces of Favouring Imported Weapons

05/29/2010

Amid India’s recent positive news regarding its indigenous defence technology, such as the additional order for Arjun tanks, the Ministry of Defence and the country’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) exchanged blows in a general dispute on the delays in procurement programmes.

Pakistan launches avionics production line for JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft

05/29/2010

Pakistan has started the production of avionics and other important gadgets for the JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.

Germany suspends purchase of EADS military helicopters over wiring faults

05/28/2010

The country ordered 80 Tiger attack helicopters from Eurocopter, a division of EADS, in 1998. Some 67 of those were due to be delivered last year, but so far only 11 have arrived, according to a report by the German ministry of defence. Those which have been delivered have extensive wiring problems and are kitted out to an earlier specification than that ordered by the German government.