Military Aviation News Archive
10/19/2010
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) spokesman Yao Jian said Friday that China welcomes the U.S. intent to waive the embargo on the export of C-130 planes to China for use in oil spill response operations.
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10/18/2010
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will participate for the first time in an international aviation and aerospace exhibition being held in China next month.
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10/18/2010
The Israeli Minister of Defense Director General (Maj. Gen. Ret.) Udi Shani, has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of F-35 Lightning II aircraft, produced by Lockheed Martin. Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine will power the initial purchase of the Israel Air Force's F-35 aircraft. The F135 is the only engine currently powering the F-35 aircraft and is in production today. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company.
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10/18/2010
Authorities say a Thai air force pilot was killed when his F16 fighter jet crashed into a mountain in northern Thailand during a training drill.Police Maj. Gen. Chamlong Nomsien says the aircraft has one of four planes from the Royal Thai Air Force taking part in the Monday exercise.He said the planes took off from an air base in central Thailand and one of them suddenly vanished from radar.
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10/18/2010
The Harris Corporation will continue to provide avionics maintenance on the CF-18 until the military replaces the craft with the controversial F-35 Lightning II fighter in 2020.
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10/18/2010
As India seeks to boost its strategic reach by inducting more mid-air refuellers, European defence major EADS has announced that it would aggressively bid for the multi-billion reopened contract by offering latest technology.
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10/17/2010
The new Airbus Military Training Centre has been opened today in Seville (Spain).
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10/17/2010
A Familiarization Tour, conducted by L-3 Platform Integration, Alenia North America, and the companies’ joint venture, Global Military Aircraft Systems, took place at the 119th Wing Airbase today. The day was filled with briefings and familiarization flights for the Airmen and North Dakota National Guard leadership.
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10/15/2010
A senior RAF officer has warned that cuts to military aircraft numbers would leave the United Kingdom vulnerable to attack. Air Marshal Timo Anderson, director general of the Military Aviation Authority, addressed MPs in a private talk, and gave a stark assessment on cuts expected to be outlined next week.
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10/15/2010
Taiwan's defence ministry said Tuesday it was developing an unmanned surveillance aircraft, showing that the island's arms race with China has not ended despite improving ties.
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10/15/2010
There will be a lot more military aircraft than usual in the skies over southwest Idaho this week. It’s all part of the "Hawgsmoke 2010" competition at Gowen Field.
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10/15/2010
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) will be playing a critical role in the design and development of the much-vaunted Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) programme , contrary to expectations , the state-owned defence undertaking’s chairman and managing director told ET.
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10/15/2010
Nicolas Sarkozy likes to portray himself as the executive president. He sees himself as France’s salesman-in-chief promoting the country’s flagship exports, clinching deals around the world, especially with fast-growing emerging countries like China, India, Brazil and the oil-rich Gulf nations. He has even set up a so-called “war room” in his Elysée palace to support military and civil exports.
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10/14/2010
Employees working at various test sites throughout Yuma Proving Ground will no longer hear the familiar sounds of either of the two O-2 Skymaster the installation has soaring high overhead.
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10/14/2010
The air force is about to reverse a decade of decline with a string of new aircraft. THE balance of power in Asia is changing faster than the new Gillard government would like.
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10/14/2010
India and Vietnam on Wednesday decided to tone up their defence-related engagement, with New Delhi agreeing to carry forward its assistance to Hanoi in its ongoing military modernisation.
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10/14/2010
Commander of the Egyptian Air Force Reda Mahmoud Hafez on Wednesday downplayed the military importance of a recent decision by Washington to provide Israel with a number of US F-35 fighter jets and dismissed fears that the move might alter the regional balance of power.
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10/14/2010
Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it has signed a contract with the Russian defense firm Oboronprom on the delivery of assembly components and servicing for aerial drones.
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10/13/2010
Russia has made public for the first time in many years a detailed account of its defense spending until 2013, the Vedomosti daily said on Tuesday.
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10/13/2010
On a sweltering summer day here recently, 49 young Iraqi cadets sprinted off a C-130 cargo plane to start a three-year journey that Iraqi officials hope will be an important step toward military self-sufficiency.
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10/13/2010
The Harper government's decision to forgo a typical competitive process to select Canada's replacement for its aging CF-18s has drawn considerable fire in the editorial pages of this country. Discussion has centred on the issues of competition and the examination of alternative aircraft that might meet Canada's fighter aircraft needs. What has not been examined in particular is what precisely those needs are.
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10/13/2010
The Israeli and Greek Air forces started a joint four-day exercise code-named Minoas 2010 over Crete and the western Peloponnese Peninsula,where as same as Iran coasts, debka file 's military sources report.
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10/13/2010
Turkish sources said Teheran enabled Chinese fighter-jets to refuel in Iranian air space in September. They said the four Chinese Air Force Su-27 combat aircraft had been on their way to Turkey to participate in the NATO-aligned Anatolian Eagle air exercise.
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10/12/2010
The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly opened its airspace to Chinese warplanes taking part in joint military maneuvers with Turkey.
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10/12/2010
The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale of "one" C-17 aircraft from Boeing. But with just one aircraft, Kuwait operators will find themselves waiting on the ten elements of LOGISTICS before they can provide: "humanitarian, disaster, and peacekeeping missions, and/or transporting dignitaries, etc."
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