Military Aviation News Archive
11/17/2010
A Lockheed-Martin F-22, assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, lost contact with air traffic controllers while on a training mission.
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11/17/2010
The Indian air force is exploring upgrade options for U.S. military aircraft that will be handed over without key capabilities in the absence of an agreement governing those systems.
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11/17/2010
11 types of military aircraft of the PLA Air Force participate in this air show. They are not only fighters in service such as the world renowned J-10 fighter and “Flying Leopard ” fighter-bomber, but the “KJ-200” early warning aircraft praised as “Balance Beam” by military lovers.
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11/17/2010
Russia and China have agreed to resolve the issue of the illegal production of Russian arms in China, a deputy head of Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Tuesday.
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11/17/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Tuesday it was ready to hold talks with China on the delivery of advanced Su-35 fighter aircraft to the Chinese air force.
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11/17/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport will compete in a helicopter tender for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan.
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11/17/2010
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing a contract for the delivery of additional RD-93 jet engines to China, a senior official from the company said on Tuesday.
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11/17/2010
The Boeing Company delivered the United Kingdom’s seventh C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today during a ceremony at Boeing’s final assembly facility in Long Beach.
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11/16/2010
Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi has begun flight testing of a new batch of Su-34 fighter bombers ahead of their delivery to the Russian Air Force by this year-end.
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11/16/2010
The Army and the U.S. Transportation Command are looking into using updated versions of the ill-fated German Hindenburg airship and the Navy's USS Macon dirigible to transport cargo in support of combat and humanitarian operations.
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11/16/2010
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to sell the United Arab Emirates 60 Boeing AH-64D Apache strike helicopters worth $5 billion - even as Washington turns up the heat on the Persian Gulf state to curb trade with Iran.
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11/16/2010
The United States has approved the exports of five Czech L-159 ALCA combat aircraft, including parts made by U.S. firms, that are to be swapped for one Spanish CASA transport plane, the Czech Defence Ministry confirmed to Friday's daily Hospodarske noviny (HN).
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11/16/2010
The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet.
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11/15/2010
The RF-4C was produced in the U.S. in 1966, and the Air Force bought and recycled them in 1990s after the U.S. Forces Korea retired them in 1989. Spain bought the same reconnaissance aircraft at around the same time and retired them in 2002, but the Korean Air Force still operates 20 to monitor North Korea.
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11/15/2010
Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) About 70 aircraft models from across the globe will be showcased at the upcoming international aviation expo Nov 16 in China, a media report said Tuesday.
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11/15/2010
Masooma Hussaini's path to becoming one of the Aghan air force's first female military pilot candidates began with a TV advertisement encouraging young women to join.
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11/15/2010
Lawmakers are not particularly impressed with the United States offer of 24 secondhand F-16 fighters, which would more than double the current Air Force fleet of 10 F-16s.
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11/14/2010
The U.K. Defense Ministry has revealed its first detailed road map of how to implement many of the changes spelled out in the Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR).
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11/14/2010
SNP Westminster Leader and MP for Moray, Angus Robertson has been to Norway to explore the possibility of defence cooperation with the Nordic country as a way to secure the future of the threatened airbase at RAF Lossiemouth.
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11/14/2010
Recent increases in military spending and arms procurement by the eight states bordering the Gulf – Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – have revived widespread discussion about the possible impacts of military build-ups in the region.
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11/14/2010
Pratt & Whitney will get more than $1 billion in jet-engine orders through a contract announced during President Barack Obama's trade trip to India and Asia.
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11/13/2010
The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster.
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11/13/2010
India is co-developing and building missiles and military aircraft with Russia; it is co-developing missiles with Israel. But targeted American sanctions, and a Washington licence raj that stifles the outflow of military technology, has ensured that India's Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) has never co-developed weaponry with the world's most evolved and high-tech defence industry - that of the United States.
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11/13/2010
The first delivery of F-35s was expected this month at Eglin Air Force Base, where pilot and support training squadrons were formed for Air Force, Navy and Marines in April 2010. But the first two aircraft are now destined for Edwards Air Force Base in April 2011.
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11/13/2010
SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, published on Wednesday a report about the transfer of armaments at a global level. It was found that over the past five years, the military fighter aircraft are a third of the world exports of major armaments. United States come out to be the main sellers, while the most important buyers for number of orders are India, Emirates, and Israel.
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