Military Aviation News Archive
09/03/2014
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says he has agreed with Russian President Putin by phone on a "ceasefire process" for the east. His office initially reported that a "permanent ceasefire" had been agreed but later revised its statement. The Kremlin stressed Mr Putin had not agreed to a ceasefire as Russia was not party to the conflict.
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09/03/2014
The US Air Force is moving ahead with plans to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet engine based on technological improvements achieved through an ongoing effort to produce a power plant for a future long-range bomber. In a request for information released 19 August, the air force said it plans to release a final request for proposals for the adaptive engine transfer programme (AETP) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, “notionally December 2014.”
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09/03/2014
Danny DeKeyser prepared for the ride of a lifetime by packing a couple of plastic bags in his pants pocket. He took them out when he felt a little air sick while flying over Southeast Michigan at speeds he'd never experienced before, but he didn't need them. DeKeyser, the second-year defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings, handled it well, his 40-minute flight Tuesday on a Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet.
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09/03/2014
Islamic militants seized a dozen commercial aircraft in an attack on a Libyan airport last week. Now, intelligence agencies are warning the jets could be used in 9/11 style attacks.
“There are a number of commercial airliners in Libya that are missing,” one official told The Washington Free Beacon this morning. “We found out on September 11 what can happen with hijacked planes.”
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09/03/2014
The U.S. Army awarded Boeing a $234 million foreign military sales contract to supply 24 AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopters to Saudi Arabia, affirming a long pending order. The Department of Defense announced the contract award on August 29; the estimated contract completion date is Dec. 31, 2016.
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09/03/2014
The video, titled “A second message to America”, includes warnings to Washington and its allies to halt military operations against Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq. An RAAF transport plane yesterday delivered its first cargo of weapons to Kurdish fighters battling the jihadist group and the Abbott government has left open the possibility of sending combat aircraft to mount attacks in Iraq.
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09/03/2014
The savagery of the jihadist campaign in Iraq would normally be enough to drive the world’s nations to military intervention, to stop the slaughter of thousands of men, women and children that is being promoted with pride by the terrorists calling themselves the Islamic State.
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09/03/2014
The military will hold its annual Han Kuang series of exercises later this month, including a drill to practice emergency takeoffs and landings of fighter jets on a freeway, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday. The drill is set for Sept. 16 on the Minxiong section of the No. 1 National Freeway, which passes through the southern county of Chiayi, military officials said at a news conference. It is one of four sections of that freeway designated as emergency runways in the event of war.
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09/03/2014
Should Canadians feel obliged to spend an extra $20 billion on defence because Russian President Vladimir Putin is bullying Ukraine? Of course not. Canada must do its share to deter aggression against our European allies, as we have in the past. But we can help them manage the threat without busting the bank.
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09/03/2014
Despite the ongoing hostilities in southeastern Ukraine, the United States plans to go ahead with the Rapid Trident military exercise, scheduled to take place in western Ukraine later this month and expected to involve up to 1,000 servicemen from NATO countries and other US allies, Reuters reported Tuesday. "At the moment, we are still planning for [the exercise] to go ahead," the agency quoted US Navy Captain Gregory Hicks, a spokesman for the US Army's European Command, as saying.
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09/03/2014
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has delivered the last four F-16 aircraft to Pakistan Air Force (PAF) under Pakistan F-16 Modernization Program, at a ceremony held at TAI's facilities in Ankara, Turkey, on September 02, 2014.
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09/02/2014
Ukraine's defence minister has accused Russia of launching a "great war" that could claim tens of thousands of lives. Russia dismissed the comments, saying they only pulled the Ukrainian people further into a bloody civil conflict. The comments came after Ukrainian troops were forced to flee Luhansk airport in the east of the country amid an offensive by pro-Russian rebels.
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09/02/2014
Iraqi forces aided by US air strikes have broken through to the jihadist-besieged Shiite town of Amerli, where thousands have been trapped for over two months with dwindling food and water supplies. It is the biggest offensive success for the Iraqi government since militants led by the Sunni jihadist group Islamic State (IS) overran large areas of five provinces in June, sweeping security forces aside.
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09/02/2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described Russia’s incursion into Ukraine as an act of war, a significant escalation in rhetoric the day after an announcement of fresh Australian sanctions designed to hamper further action by President Vladimir Putin. “It is an invasion, let’s call it for what it is. It is an invasion of Ukraine and it’s absolutely, utterly reprehensible.
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09/02/2014
In his first state visit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with a kindred spirit, Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe. The two leaders, wary of China's glowing clout in Asia, have agreed to strengthen defense ties.
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09/02/2014
Russia has delivered a batch of Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopters to Baghdad, Iraq's Defense Ministry said on its website. "These helicopters will be put into operation to contribute to the military's struggle against the Islamic State terrorist group," the ministry said Saturday. Russia has been ramping up its support for the Iraqi government as it struggles to contain the spread of the radical Islamic State from war-torn Syria to Iraq.
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09/02/2014
The Israeli air force (IAF) shot down a Syrian air force unmanned air vehicle (UAV) when it entered Israeli airspace on 31 August, according to local sources. The IAF shot down the Iranian-made Yasir UAV with a Raytheon Patriot surface-to-air missile after it crossed the border into Israeli territory. Israeli sources allege the aircraft was being used to gather data on rebel forces in Syria.
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09/02/2014
The F-15C "Eagle" represents a pinnacle of human technology in man's ability to break the hold of gravity and take to the air in flight. Its twin jet engines push the aircraft's 14 tons of titanium and aluminum to elevations of 65,000 feet at over two-and-a-half times the speed of sound. It can fly in any weather condition, night or day, and is one of the most successful combat aircraft ever designed.
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09/02/2014
Tony Abbott says an Australian C-130 Hercules aircraft was not shot at by extremists while delivering humanitarian aid to northern Iraq. The prime minister downplayed News Corp Australia reports the RAAF transport plane was attacked by Islamic State extremists as it dropped aid to the besieged town of Amerli.
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09/02/2014
The tanker test campaign was developed in five flights in which the A400M performed 33 dry contacts and dispensed 18.6 tonnes of fuel to an F/A-18 Hornet in 35 wet contacts. With a basic fuel capacity of 50.8 tonnes which can be increased by the use of extra cargo hold tanks, the A400M is the most capable tactical tanker in the market.
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09/01/2014
RAF transport planes have taken part in an air drop to bring urgently needed humanitarian aid to the besieged Iraqi town of Amirli, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said. The Hercules aircraft formed part of an international effort to resupply the town which has been under siege by Islamic State (IS) militants for nearly two months.
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09/01/2014
Barack Obama was on Sunday urged to take a tougher approach towards Russia and Syria, as Republicans and Democrats returned from their summer vacations in confrontational mood.
After a week in which the president was criticised for failing to develop military plans for tackling Islamic State militants inside Syria and taking a relatively cautious approach to Russian incursions in Ukraine, senior figures in Congress took turns to demand greater US intervention.
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09/01/2014
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has told local media that unauthorised aircraft spotted in Maldivian airspace belong to the United States Air Force. CAA Director Abdulla Rasheed told local paper Haveeru the aircraft had originated from Foalhavahi – also known as the Chagos Islands – home to a US military base. “No one can enter the area, without our knowing. If anyone were to enter, they would have to gain our permission first,” Rasheed told Haveeru.
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09/01/2014
Accusing Russia of waging a campaign of “military aggression and terror” against his country, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine told European leaders here Saturday that their own countries’ security depended on stopping Russian troops from stoking a conflict in eastern Ukraine that he said could escalate into a wider war.
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09/01/2014
When a Chinese J-11 fighter intercepted and flew within 20 feet of a US Navy P-8 Poseidon on Aug. 19 off the Hainan Island coast, it set off debate in the US about whether the forward-deployed US military can continue to conduct the types of operations that strategic necessity requires.
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