Military Aviation News Archive
04/23/2010
China is in the midst of an ambitious bid to modernize its military by the middle of this century. A key part of this effort is to downsize its army -- the world's largest -- while beefing up its air force and navy. This will enable China to project military force farther beyond its borders.
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04/23/2010
More than 125 Russian dual-purpose and combat aircraft will take part in the military fly-past during the May 9 Victory Day celebrations in central Moscow, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Vladimir Drik told Interfax on Thursday.
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04/23/2010
An F-35A fighter became the seventh F-35 Lightning II aircraft to begin test flight here to validate its weapons suite.
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04/23/2010
Britain has temporarily suspended military flight training on Eurofighter Typhoon jets after inspectors found deposits of ash in an engine of a fleet plane, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
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04/23/2010
An Iraqi Air Force C-130 Hercules touches down at a base west of Baghdad as Iraqi pilots and their American instructors watch from the runway - a graceful landing for the bulky four-turboprop airlifter, one of several now owned by Iraq.
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04/23/2010
Boeing on April 19 conducted the first flight of F-15K41, the first of 21 F-15K Slam Eagles the company is producing under the Next Fighter II contract for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF).
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04/23/2010
U.S. Coast Guard officials continue to investigate a helicopter crash on southern Lake Huron during a nighttime training exercise Tuesday.
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04/22/2010
Greek fighter jets intercepted Turkish jets training in international air space over the Aegean Sea three times Tuesday, said the Turkish General Staff on its website on Wednesday.
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04/22/2010
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is expected to begin air, land and sea exercises in the Persian Gulf, perhaps as soon as Thursday, according to Iran's IRIB news agency.
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04/22/2010
Camber Corporation announced today that the T-1A aircraft with the modification to support CSO training had its first flight today, April 21, 2010.
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04/22/2010
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04/22/2010
Israel's defense community is divided on the importance of securing U.S. backing for an independent Israeli military strike on Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported today (see GSN, April 20).
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04/22/2010
When an Icelandic volcano erupted last week, it didn't just wreak havoc with commercial flights. It grounded American jet fighters and some of the most advanced air forces in the world.
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04/22/2010
Boeing [NYSE: BA] is supporting the U.S. Navy's biofuel-powered flight, scheduled to take place on Earth Day, April 22.
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04/21/2010
An Iranian Air Force commander announced here on Tuesday that the country overhauls and optimizes different types of military aircraft, mentioning that Air Force has even installed Iran-made radar systems on the sophisticated F14 fighter jets.
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04/21/2010
The Pentagon’s long-running effort to buy aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force took another twist on Tuesday when a European company decided that instead of walking away, it would compete with Boeing for a contract worth at least $35 billion.
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04/21/2010
While Washington and Moscow are cooperating to a degree, Russia is leveraging the new relationship to accelerate its dangerous resurgence at America’s expense.
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04/21/2010
Flight-test activities on a new package of modifications for the Eurofighter Typhoon have got under way in the UK, with the work to lead to new operational capabilities from next year.
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04/21/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he was satisfied with the tests of a Russian fifth-generation fighter jet.
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04/21/2010
The Boeing Company and partners Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Cobham Mission Systems today announced that they have delivered a C-130H aerial refueling tanker to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
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04/20/2010
BAE Systems is in discussions with India's government to supply up to 60 additional Hawk trainer jets to the country's military.
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04/20/2010
A Pilatus PC-21 aircraft, HB-HZD, has just arrived back in Switzerland after completing an extremely successful demonstration tour through the Middle East, Asia and Australia from November 2009 to April 2010. The tour included a lap of Australia from 11th February to 16th March.
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04/20/2010
Schiebel, the Austrian defence company, is seeking more contracts in the Middle East for its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after nearing the end of deliveries on its 60-aircraft deal with the UAE Armed Forces.
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04/20/2010
Sarnia's mayor wants the U.S. military to cool its jets when it comes to flying patrols over the border city.
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04/20/2010
Former Marine One rivals, Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin, have teamed up to go after the high-profile contract to provide the President's next helicopter.
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