Saturday, September 04, 2004
Air Force 46th Squadron on top of China's movesIf one were to go in search of the top fighter pilots in Taiwan's Air Force, the first stop is likely to be at the 46th squadron under the Tactical Training and Development Center of the 737 Tactical Fighter Wing stationed in Taitung.
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IAF plans joint exercise with Singapore Air forcefter proving their mettle in joint exercise with the US Air Force F-15's, Indian Air Force pilots and frontline warplanes would get a chance to cross swords with the F-16 fighter aircraft, the mainstay of its adversary Pakistan, during exercises with the Singapore Air force next month.
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U.S. Air Force cancels air show at KadenaKadena U.S. Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture said Friday it has canceled a Sept 15 air show in light of requests from local governments.
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Navy pilots are preparing to debut Hornet fleetThe U.S. Navy moved one step closer Thursday to bedding down the service’s newest fighter jet at Oceana Naval Air Station.
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Orbital's 'Coyote' Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target Missile Successfully Launched for U.S. NavyOrbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it carried out another successful flight test of the GQM-163A Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST) system for the United States Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on August 27, 2004. The flight test, conducted at the Navy's missile test range in southern California, is part of a series of flights Orbital will conduct under the company's SSST Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract from NAVAIR.
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Single Station To Control Multiple UAVs In AF DemoThe U.S. Air Force later this year plans to show that it can control multiple unmanned aircraft from a single ground station, an ability that would help boost the contribution of such vehicles to network-centric operations, according to Lt. Col. Eric Mathewson, chief of Air Combat Command's UAV division.
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U.S. Army Shadow(TM) Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Pass 10,000 Flight Hours and 2,500 Sorties in Operation Iraqi FreedomU.S. Army RQ-7A Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) systems have achieved new, major milestones of flight, surpassing 10,000 flight hours and 2,500 sorties while performing surveillance and reconnaissance for coalition warfighters in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Friday, September 03, 2004
First CLAWS Test Flight Successful, Raytheon SaysThe first test flight of the Complementary Low Altitude Weapon Systems (CLAWS) was completed successfully at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to Raytheon Co.
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Northrop Grumman and EADS North America Collaborate on U.S. Air Force Personnel Recovery Vehicle ProgramNorthrop Grumman Corporation and EADS North America have announced their intention to work together to provide the U.S. Air Force with the next-generation personnel recovery vehicle (PRV). The PRV program focuses on the Air Force's immediate need to replace its primary combat search-and-rescue helicopter, the HH-60G Pave Hawk.
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IL-76 to fly to SA for war gamesOne IL-76 aircraft from IAF's No 25 Squadron located here will fly to South Africa next week along with four Mirage 2000 fighter planes to participate in multi-nation war games, code named Exercise Golden Eagle.
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$1m spent - but fighter jet sales stalledThe New Zealand Government has paid accountancy firm Ernst & Young more than $1 million to sell decommissioned Defence Force aircraft - with still no outcome, MPs were told yesterday.
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LOCKHEED MARTIN PAC-3 MISSILES SUCCESSFULLY DEFEAT TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE AND CRUISE MISSILE IN TESTLockheed Martin Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missiles successfully intercepted and destroyed an incoming tactical ballistic missile (TBM) and a low-altitude cruise missile in a dual test today at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The battle-proven PAC-3 Missile is the world’s only fielded hit-to-kill, kinetic energy air defense missile.
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Rival in copter deal takes Ottawa to courtOttawa's $5-billion helicopter contract landed in court yesterday when the losing company launched legal action that raised new allegations over the government's handling of the drawn-out process.
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Boeing Delivers 200th Super HornetBoeing delivered the 200th F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the U.S. Navy on Aug. 30, 2004 . The airplane, a two-seat "F" model Super Hornet, was delivered to Air test and Evaluation Squadron VX-9 at Naval Air Systems Command China Lake, Calif.
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F22: Most Advanced Warplane UncloakedThe world's most advanced warplane has been cloaked in secrecy until now. The F-22 Raptor has been tested in the skies over southern Nevada to prepare for wars of the future. The Raptor pilots say that when that day finally comes, the F-22 will live up to it's billing as the most dominant warplane ever conceived.
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Cursor on TargetAn innovative U.S. Air Force approach to achieving machine-to-machine integration, called Cursor on Target (CoT), is stirring hopes of solving the historic problem of interoperability—the inability of field command and control systems to talk to each other and share mission-critical information.
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Seoul selects 2 AWACS biddersThe Defense Ministry selected two final competitors to launch its 2 trillion won ($1.3 billion) airborne reconnaissance system for the Air Force, ministry officials said yesterday.
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Simulator allows better B-1 trainingA new B-1B Lancer bomber flight-simulator building at Ellsworth Air Force Base will allow crews to train with other aircraft. The $8.4 million project includes two B-1 simulators. Currently, the base has only one.
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EUROFIGHTER WOOS TURKEYEuropean Union nations have been wooing Turkey to purchase the Eurofighter.
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‘Flying Triangle’ sightings on the riseThe years 1990-2004 have seen an intense wave of Flying Triangle aircraft, a study observes. Sifting through reports by hundreds of eyewitnesses, the NIDS assessment states that the behavior of the vehicles “does not appear consistent with the covert deployment of an advanced DoD [U.S. Department of the Defense] aircraft.”
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Thursday, September 02, 2004
Jolly Rogers Final Tomcat CruiseAn F-14B Tomcat assigned to the "Jolly Rogers" of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) flies over Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). VF-103 is currently assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). This is the final F-14 Tomcat deployment for VF-103 as they will be transferring to the F/A-18F Super Hornet when they return from deployment. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lee O. Tucker
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Carbon brake tests increase tanker's capabilitiesA KC-135R from the Alaska Air National Guard, found carbon brakes stopped the aircraft in a shorter distance, allowing the tanker to take off with heavier loads and operate on shorter runways.
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Three Injured in Navy Helicopter MishapThree military servicemembers were injured when a UH-3H Sea King carrying 10 passengers had a mishap while landing aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) in the North Arabian Sea during a routine passenger transfer/logistics run.
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Australia Awards EADS $1 Billion Helicopter ContractThe European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) has won a $1 billion contract to provide 12 new NH-90 troop lift helicopters to the Australian army, the contractor and the Australian government announced Aug. 31.
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Thailand Offers Chickens for Russian ArmsThailand, its huge poultry industry stricken by bird flu, wants to pay for Russian weaponry with chickens, the Reuters news agency quoted the country’s prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as saying.
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V-22: Chewing Over The Critics With Chief Test Pilot Tom MacdonaldRotorHub asked Osprey chief test pilot Tom Macdonald about 10 main areas of the V-22 that have attracted the most negative attention over the years.
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Raytheon's ATFLIR Supporting Combat Operations from the USS John F. KennedyRaytheon's ASQ-228 ATFLIR targeting pod is now deployed with two F/A-18C Hornet squadrons onboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 67). Delivered to the Navy just weeks before deployment, these ATFLIR pods successfully completed numerous missions during July -- without missing a single sortie.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Singapore wants German airforceThe highly modern Singapore Air Force plans to import aggressive hawks from Germany to help scare off birds which can cause fighters to crash if sucked into jet engines, a report said.
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BAE EUROFIGHTER TEST PILOT PARACHUTES IN FOR LECTUREThe Furness engineering lecture season takes off with a bang next month with a talk by BAE’s chief Eurofighter Typhoon test pilot.
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Raytheon Receives $43 Million U.S. Navy Award for F/A-18 Threat Protection SystemsRaytheon Company has been awarded a $43.3 million contract for production of its ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver system for the U.S. Navy.
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NEW HELICOPTERS FOR ARMYThe Australian Army will be equipped with 12 new troop lift helicopters under a $1 billion project approved by the Howard Government, Prime Minister John Howard and Defence Minister Robert Hill announced today.
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Officials release F-16 accident reportA pilot's loss of situational awareness caused two F-16 Fighting Falcons to collide May 17, according to a report Air Force officials released Aug. 30.
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China receives 24 advanced fightersChina's military took possession of 24 Su-30 fighter jets in late August, Jane's Defense Weekly reported Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
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QinetiQ work on Typhoon EMP protectionQinetiQ is working with the Typhoon Integrated Project Team and overseeing the work to ensure the aircraft will survive an ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP). It is also providing design advice for hardening and protection and an assessment service in support of several other military projects.
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Senate Proposal Could Cut Next F/A-22 Order, DOD SaysThe U.S. Defense Department is warning Congress that a Senate proposal to put conditions on buying F/A-22 Raptors could force the Air Force to trim its next order.
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Monday, August 30, 2004
Fueling all fightersAn Israeli F-15 maneuvers away after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Nevada's test and training ranges during Red Flag 04-3 here Aug 25. More than 100 aircraft and 2,500 participants are involved in this exercise. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald)
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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Air Vector:Soviet Jet VTOL: Yak-36, Yak-38, & Yak-41Next month's Air Vector features the Yak VTOL jets.
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Navy jet hauled out of bayA $40 million F/A-18C Hornet jet that overshot the runway into San Diego Bay while landing at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado was hauled out of the water Friday night, an official said.
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U.S. suspends flights by CH-53D helicoptersThe U.S. Embassy in Tokyo announced Saturday the suspension of all flights in Japan by CH-53D helicopters.
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