The Indian government has decided to cancel the Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SR-SAM) contest and buy more of the indigenous Akash air defense missile systems instead.
A Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor has successfully taken out a ICBM-class target – launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll – for the first time on May 30.
The Israeli Air Force chief is starting a fresh search for a candidate to lead its AH-64D attack helicopter unit after the first choice applicant,known as Lt. Col. ‘A,’ failed lie detector tests repeatedly.
A Mirage 2000 fighter assigned to the Hellenic Air Force’s 332 Squadron crashed during a training flight on May 29. The pilot ejected and was picked up by a Super Puma helicopter.