A news report on Xinhua says the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force completed a rotation of J-11BH fighters to the Paracel Islands last year.
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Month: January 2013
Pentagon says defective part caused F-15’s breakup in 2007
The Pentagon found that Boeing provided “defective” or “nonconforming” parts which resulted in a F-15 breaking up in mid-flight in 2007.
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Video: Grob Tutor from RAF Cranwell makes emergency landing in a field
A Grob Tutor training aircraft based at RAF College Cranwell was forced to make an emergency landing in a field to the airfield at 12:25pm on Jan. 10. No one was hurt during the incident.
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U-2 flight manual declassified
The CIA has declassified the 1959 copy of the U-2 flight manual, Japlonik has kindly made available a copy on Scribd.
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Eclipse responds to USAF’s T-1A RFI
Eclipse Aerospace has responded to a USAF T-1A Jayhawk RFI to upgrade or replace the trainer. The company claims that its Eclipse Jet could save the USAF 13 million gallons of fuel per year and is 70 percent less costly to support.
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